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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
189
Week
28
Lecture
X
BEES
AND
FLOWERS
Whatever
thoughts
each
one
of
you
may
have
brought
to
the
lecture
to-day,
I
want
you
to
throw
them
all
aside
and
fancy
yourself
to
be
in
a
pretty
country
garden
on
a
hot
summer's
morning.
Perhaps
you
have
been
walking,
or
reading,
or
playing,
but
it
is
getting
too
hot
now
to
do
anything;
and
so
you
have
chosen
the
shadiest
nook
under
the
old
walnut-tree,
close
to
the
flower-bed
on
the
lawn,
and
would
almost
like
to
go
to
sleep
if
it
were
not
too
early
in
the
day.
As
you
lie
there
thinking
of
nothing
in
particular,
except
how
pleasant
it
is
to
be
idle
now
and
then,
you
notice
a
gentle
buzzing
close
to
you,
and
you
see
that
on
the
flower-bed
close
by,
several
bees
are
working
busily
among
the
flowers.
They
do
not
seem
to
mind
the
heat,
nor
to
wish
to
rest;
and
they
fly
so
lightly
and
look
so
happy
over
their
work
that
it
does
not
tire
you
to
look
at
them.
That
great
humble-bee
takes
it
leisurely
enough
as
she
goes
lumbering
along,
poking
her
head
into
the
larkspurs,
and
remaining
so
long
in
each
you
might
almost
think
she
had
fallen
asleep.
The
brown
hive-bee
on
the
other
hand,
moves
busily
and
quickly
among
the
stocks,
sweet
peas,
and
mignonette.
She
is
evidently
out
on
active
duty,
and
means
to
get
all
she
can
from
each
flower,
so
as
to
carry
a
good
load
back
to
the
hive.
In
some
blossoms
she
does
not
stay
a
moment,
but
draws
her
head
back
directly
she
has
popped
it
in,
as
if
to
say
"No
honey
there."
But
over
the
full
blossoms
she
lingers
a
little,
and
then
scrambles
out
again
with
her
drop
of
honey,
and
goes
off
to
seek
more
in
the
next
flower.
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