6o The Bee People. 



one wing at a time and holding it tightly 

 against her side while she polishes it with 

 her brushes. 



She spends a great deal of time rubbing 

 her hind legs together, and 

 sometimes she performs the 

 ^Ss-difficult acrobatic feat of standing 

 on her two front legs and rubbing the other 

 four together. 



She looks very cunning as she rubs and 

 scrubs every part of her fuzzy little body; 

 and if you want to see her do. 

 it, all you need do is to look. -"^ 



No matter how dirty she may have become, 

 if she is allowed to stand still for a few 

 minutes she will look as if she had on a new 

 suit of clothes and had never known what 

 it was to touch a speck of dirt ; so effective 

 are her numerous brushes and combs. 



A Bee's Brush and Comb. 



