CHAPTER III 



BEE BUSINESS 



When Solomon admonished the slug- 

 gard to go to the ant and observe her ways 

 and be wise, he let his foot slip. Old Sol 

 may have been an artist at picking wives, 

 but he did not know much about ants or 

 he would have understood that their rest- 

 less activity indicated only a neurotic tem- 

 perament rather than any wise industry. 



If, however, he had held up the honey- 

 bee as an example of thrift he would have 

 been entirely within the facts in the case, 

 because the bee not only is industrious 

 but it has a definite end in view to justify 

 all of its labor. 



To one looking for the first time at an 

 opened hive of bees much of the activity 

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