THE BEE. 93 



manoeuvre j only in this case they make narrow aper- 

 tures, sufficient for a single Bee to pass through." 



It would be impossible to include within the limits 

 of this little treatise a detailed account of aU the 

 duties and employments of the Worker Bees ; and of 

 some of the most important, such as feeding and at- 

 tending upon the young, we shall be able to treat 

 more appropriately when we come to speak of the 

 Queen Bee, to whom our attention wiU next be 

 directed. 



Then, too, we shall have an opportunity of con- 

 sidering one or two more traits in the natural history 

 of the Drones, as well as many remarkable phenomena 

 by which order is maintained throughout this wonder- 

 ful little conamonwealth. 



