The Bee People. 



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I. 



APIS MELLIFICA, OR THE HONEY-BEE. 



'"THE honey-bees are buzzy, fuzzy little 

 •* pepper-pots. 



They have pretty, shining wings, but if 

 you so much as touch one of them you 

 will see what happens! 



You cannot wonder that they do not 

 like to have you come too near, for they 

 are such little creatures that even a small 

 child must seem to them like a tremendous 

 giant. 



How would you like to see a great warm 



creature as large as a hill come lumbering 



up and try to put a finger the size of a 



church steeple upon you? 

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