. Buz, or, The life and adventures of a honey bee. BUZ. CHAPTER I. COMING OUT. HE first thing Buz remem-bered was having the crampvery badly in two of herleft legs, and not beingable to stretch them ; forshe was so carefully packedup in her cell that it wasimpossible to move. But she found there was achance of getting throughthe ceiling; so she bit and pushed, and pushed and bit, till she could put her head 2 Buz. This was satisfactory, as far as it went, but it hadits inconveniences. A bee immediately ran across her face, and sheshrank back. She put it out again, and two bees, ina despe
. Buz, or, The life and adventures of a honey bee. BUZ. CHAPTER I. COMING OUT. HE first thing Buz remem-bered was having the crampvery badly in two of herleft legs, and not beingable to stretch them ; forshe was so carefully packedup in her cell that it wasimpossible to move. But she found there was achance of getting throughthe ceiling; so she bit and pushed, and pushed and bit, till she could put her head 2 Buz. This was satisfactory, as far as it went, but it hadits inconveniences. A bee immediately ran across her face, and sheshrank back. She put it out again, and two bees, ina desperate hurry, trod all over it, and she shrankback again. And so for some time she kept on trying toemerge and being driven back, till at last, becomingaccustomed to the manners of the hive, and takingno notice of the pushes and shoves, she scrambledout, and stood on the comb—a very promisingyoung bee. Then up ran a couple of bees, one of whomstraightened out her proboscis, or tongue, which waslying folded back, and offered her honey; whilethe other caressed her with her antennae, and strokedher with her fore feet. Much obliged to you, Im sure,* said Buz, suck-ing away. ^^ Stretch your wings and legs, and never mindthanking us,* answered one of the bees. ** We all do our duty here, said the other, ** with-out wanting thanks. We attend to you because itsour place to do it. *You didnt help me to scramble ou
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