The Life of the Bee 
accusing her of laziness, probably, or sus- 
pecting her of feeble mind. On their 
second departure, when they find that she 
still has not followed, her ill-faith becomes 
evident to them, and their attacks grow 
more serious. And finally, when they 
shall have gone forth once more, and still 
with the same result, they will almost 
always condemn her, as being irremediably 
faithless to her destiny and to the future 
of the race, and put her to death in the 
royal prison. 
[35] 
It is to the future, therefore, that the 
bees subordinate all things; and with 
a foresight, a harmonious co-operation, a 
skill in interpreting events and turning 
them to the best advantage, that must 
compel our heartiest admiration, particu- 
larly when we remember in how startling 
and supernatural a light our recent inter- 
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