20 COMMUNITY OF BEES lA A HIVE. 



So, working all, and working with will. 

 Providing in summer for winter chill. 

 Whirring and buzzing, nor caring for ease. 

 Oh, cheery are we, the honey-bees ! 



Flying out, flying in. 

 Circling the hive with ceaseless din. 

 Whether abroad, or whether at home, 

 Loyal we stay, and loyal we roam. 

 In royal apartments our queen-bee is reigning : 

 We render our homage unmingled with feigning ; 

 Lowly we bow as we pause by her side, 

 The choicest of food with her we divide. 

 Thus working all, and working with heart. 

 Each striving good to the whole to impart. 

 Busy and cheery, we think not of ease. 

 And loyal are we, the honey-bees ! 



Flying out, flying in, 

 Circling the hive with ceaseless din, 

 Whether abroad, or whether at home. 

 This lesson we teach wherever we roam : 

 Mortal, like us, go labour unwearily. 

 Work with thy kind, and work with them cheerily ; 

 Duty fulfil, wheresoe'er thou may'st owe it ; 

 Where honour is fitting, fail not to bestow it ; 

 It matters not whether at home or abroad, 

 Be faithful to man and be loyal to God. 

 Thus work thou well and work thou ever ; 

 The lessons we teach thee thou may'st not dissever : 

 Be busy, be cheery, be loyal, for these 

 Are the truths thou ma,y'st learn from the honey-bees ! 



Child's ComJ/anion. 



