34 The Honey-Makers 



By holding the flower against the h'ght, the bee could 

 easily be seen, as, all unconcerned as to how she was to 

 escape, she greedily licked clean the inside of the ample sac. 



When her appetite was satisfied, or more probably the 

 sweets exhausted, she wished to come forth into the wide 



Disappearance of the Queen- 



Emergence of the Queen. 



world again and tried to do so the way she went in, but 

 orchid sacs that open to swallow up queen bombuses do 

 not open to let them out again and her ingenuity was not 

 sufficient to manage the combination that held her locked 

 in prison. 



Then, no doubt, casting her eye around she discovered 

 the ray of light at the top of the flower and presently her 

 black head appeared in the window, as one is tempted to 

 call that interesting opening from the orchid prison. 



The observer, having kindly decided not to let her die 

 there, but to help her out after she had made a reasonable 

 effort to extricate herself, sat and gazed at her black head 

 with sympathy. 



Just then she reached out a strong fore leg and firmly 

 grasped the outside of the flower with her toes. Then she 



