THE S W A R M 



has the sun drunk in the tlrst drops of 

 de'.v when a most unaccustomed stir, 

 v,hose meaning the bee-keeper rarely will 

 fail to erasp, is to be noticed within and 

 around the buzzing' city. At times one 

 would almost appear to detect a si^n of dis- 

 pute, hesitation, recoil. It will happen even 

 that for day after day a strange em.otion, 

 apparently without cause, will appear and 

 vanish in this transparent, golden throng. 

 Has a cloud that v.-e cannot see crept 

 across the skv that the bees are v.-atch- 

 ing: or is their intellect battling with a 

 nev; regret r Does a winged council de- 

 bate the necessity of a departure - Of 

 this v,-e knov/ nothing: as v.'c knov,- 

 nothing of the manner in v.-hich the 

 spirit conveys its resolution to the crowd. 



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