36 HANDY BOOK OF BEES. 



began to feed on it, they were carried quietly to the combs 

 to be emptied. As soon as these few bees got home with 

 their booty, the whole hive seemed to be made aware that 

 there was more to be had, and hundreds, nay thousands, 

 were soon busily carrying it home. Bees, then, have a 

 language. 



