INSTINCT OF THE BEE. 
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accomplish for them all that man’s reason does 
for him. 
Man directs his labors and forms his habits of 
life according to his instruction and experience, 
and upon these depend his present and future 
good. The instinct of the bee, and of other ani- 
mals, is independent of these, so that without 
deliberation they are unerringly directed to do 
whatever is necessary. Reason may fail, for 
man uses it ; instinct is sure, for God directs it. 
Pope truly said, — 
“ And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, 
In this ’tis God directs; in that ’tis man.” 
