AND THE CHILDREN. 
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colony has increased considerably in numbers, the queen 
together with the old bees takes leave to establish a new 
home, leaving the young bees to take care of themselves. 
In nine days the young swarm will have another queen 
and matters will go on as before the old queen left. 
Generally , the runaway bees are caught and caged 
in a box like the one they were in before, but some times 
they get away. They then try to find some hollow tree 
iu the woods or some other place of safety in which they 
make their home. 
In India there lives a Honey-bee, much larger than 
ours, that builds the comb right around the branches of 
trees. This bee can gather a great deal more honey than 
ours can but no attempt has been made to bring it to the 
United States or European Countries. 
We must now visit the field again. 
THE WILD BEES, 
i. The Humble Bee. 
Here we are again in the open field. It is about 
harvest time. 
Boys, I know of a “Bumble-bee” nest, let us go to 
rob it. Perhaps it seems cruel business, but who of the 
boys has not at some time indulged in it? I think none. 
