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THE HONEY-MAKERS. 
to this country with the early settlers. “ A more 
adventurous colonist than man/* it is always a 
little in advance of him in his travels. In the 
early settlement of America, the Indians well 
knew when the “ pale-face ” was approaching, 
even before he had been seen, or the sound of 
the ax had been heard, admonished by the bees 
which came humming through the dense forests, 
depositing their honey in the hollow trunks of 
the trees, or in the crevices of the rocks. They 
are now found in a wild state in great numbers, 
and far from human habitations. 
Bees are of three kinds ; females, or queen- 
bees, — males, or drones, — and workers. These 
have nearly the same color, and possess the same 
geneial characteristics, but differ in size, form, and 
occupation. A well-peopled hive consists of one 
queen, who reigns supreme, several hundred 
drones, and many thousand workers. They live 
as a community of intelligent and social beings. 
Their adherence to law and order, and their regu- 
lar modes of life, surpass even what is common 
among men, and show God’s kind care over his 
creatures in endowing them with instincts which 
