114 The Bee People. 



All day long in and out fly the bees, 

 each one leaving her little load of honey 

 to help to fill the honey-comb cells. 



But why does not the honey run out 

 as fast as it is put in ? That question 

 has not yet been answered. 



It is easier to ask than to answer, unless 

 you know more about natural philosophy 

 than I think you do. 



To begin with, honey is sticky. You 

 know that as well as 1 do. And it will 

 stick to honey cups as well as to anything 

 else. When the bee puts a little drop in 

 the bottom of a cup it tends to stick fast. 

 A cellful of honey, however, is not sticky 

 enough to keep from running out, as we 

 know when we take ofiF the cover to a 

 honey-comb cell. To help the honey to stay 

 in, the cells, as we know, are tilted up a little. 

 The cells are small, and the liquid honey 

 tends to remain in a small cell, just on that 

 account, — which is a matter for Physics 

 to explain. Then, when Miss Apis has her 



