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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Sometimes,
however,
after
they
have
killed
the
enemy,
the
bees
cannot
get
rid
of
his
body,
for
a
snail
or
slug
is
too
heavy
to
be
easily
moved,
and
yet
it
would
make
the
hive
very
unhealthy
to
allow
it
to
remain.
In
this
dilemma
the
ingenious
little
bees
fetch
the
gummy
"propolis"
from
the
plant-buds
and
cement
the
intruder
all
over,
thus
embalming
his
body
and
preventing
it
from
decaying.
And
so
the
life
of
this
wonderful
city
goes
on.
Building,
harvesting,
storing,
nursing,
ventilating
and
cleaning
from
morn
till
night,
the
little
worker-bee
lives
for
about
eight
months,
and
in
that
time
has
done
quite
her
share
of
work
in
the
world.
Only
the
young
bees,
born
late
in
the
season,
live
on
till
the
next
year
to
work
in
the
spring.
The
queen-bee
lives
longer,
probably
about
two
years,
and
then
she
too
dies,
after
having
had
a
family
of
many
thousands
of
children.
We
have
already
pointed
out
that
in
our
fairy-land
of
nature
all
things
work
together
so
as
to
bring
order
out
of
apparent
confusion.
But
though
we
should
naturally
expect
winds
and
currents,
rivers
and
clouds,
and
even
plants
to
follow
fixed
laws,
we
should
scarcely
have
looked
for
such
regularity
in
the
life
of
the
active,
independent
busy
bee.
Yet
we
see
that
she,
too,
has
her
own
appointed
work
to
do,
and
does
it
regularly
and
in
an
orderly
manner.
In
this
lecture
we
have
been
speaking
entirely
of
the
bee
within
the
hive,
and
noticing
how
marvellously
her
instincts
guide
her
in
her
daily
life.
But
within
the
last
few
years
we
have
learnt
that
she
performs
a
most
curious
and
wonderful
work
in
the
world
outside
her
home
and
that
we
owe
to
her
not
only
the
sweet
honey
to
eat,
but
even
in
a
great
degree
the
beauty
and
gay
colours
of
the
flowers
which
she
visits
when
collecting
it.
This
work
will
form
the
subject
of
our
next
lecture,
and
while
we
love
the
little
bee
for
her
constant
industry,
patience,
and
order
within
the
hive,
we
shall,
I
think,
marvel
at
the
wonderful
law
of
nature
which
guides
her
in
her
unconscious
mission
of
love
among
the
flowers
which
grow
around
it.
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