The Life of the Bee 
We need not concern ourselves with 
this incomplete attempt of mine, for many 
other curious traits compel us to recognise 
the existence among the. bees of spiritual 
communications that go beyond a mere 
and that are manifest in 
” ? 
“yes” or “no,’ 
cases where mere example or gesture 
would not be sufficient. Of such, for 
instance, are the remarkable harmony of 
their work in the hive, the extraordinary 
division of labour, the regularity with 
which one worker will take the place of 
another, etc. I have often marked bees 
that went foraging in the morning, and 
found that, in the afternoon, unless flowers 
were specially abundant, they would be 
engaged in heating and fanning the brood- 
cells, or perhaps would form part of the 
mysterious, motionless curtain in whose 
midst the wax-makers and sculptors would 
be at work. Similarly I have noticed 
that workers whom I have seen gather- 
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