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THE BEE. 
busy at work to fill it with food, for Bees have a 
kind of bag that will hold the food. 
We have more than one kind of Bee with us : 
one is the Hive Bee, and we have many Wild Bees. 
One kind has its nest in old wood, such as a post 
or gate, or a hole in a tree ; and one kind, like the 
one I saw when I was on the seat, has its nest in a 
bank. The Hive Bees are not so big as the wild 
ones, nor are the wild ones all of the same size. 
You have seen a very big Bee come into a room, 
and buzz ail over it, up and down, and then fly out 
with a hum : this is one kind of Wild Bee. 
In the hive, one Bee only lays all the eggs, and 
some of the rest feed her, and one egg is put in 
each cell. Out of this egg a grub will come, and 
when it has been fed a long time, this grub will 
turn into a Bee. You know very well what nice 
food Hive Bees have, and how hard they work to 
get it ; but you may not know that Wild Bees are 
just as busy, for they also have food to get 
