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The Bee People. 



It is too bad for the bumble-bee to break 

 into the flowers as she does, and we are 

 almost ashamed of Miss Honey-Bee for 

 following such a bad example. 



It is the flowers with spurs that Madam 

 Bombus is most apt to treat in this ungra- 

 cious// manner. I myself have seen her 

 to a tidy little touch- 

 me-not cup, and 

 passingstraight 

 the open door in 

 ^^ front, cling to the yellow 

 spur at the back, which 

 holds the nectar, and 

 with no hesitation what- 

 '/ever thrust her sharp little dagger into the 

 spur, slit a hole there, and take out the nectar. 

 It is difTicult to believe this of a very 

 respectable-looking being with several thou- 

 sands of solemn eyes that make her look 

 many times as wise as an owl, but it only 

 proves how little one can rely upon appear- 

 ances in this world. 



The tidy little 

 Touch-me-not 



