. John Burroughs, boy and man . expected that. They learned to dis-tinguish three kinds of bumblebees—the red-waisted bees,the yellow-banded ones, and the white- or cream-bandedones. The first kind built on the ground, or in the bracesof barns, and from them the boys got masses of comb asbig as their fists. The cells of the comb are not hexagonal,like those of honey bees, but round sacs stuck yellow-banded often took possession of a meadowmouses nest. The vicious white-banded ones chased theboys out of the meadow, settled in their hair, got uptheir trouser legs, and gave John and
. John Burroughs, boy and man . expected that. They learned to dis-tinguish three kinds of bumblebees—the red-waisted bees,the yellow-banded ones, and the white- or cream-bandedones. The first kind built on the ground, or in the bracesof barns, and from them the boys got masses of comb asbig as their fists. The cells of the comb are not hexagonal,like those of honey bees, but round sacs stuck yellow-banded often took possession of a meadowmouses nest. The vicious white-banded ones chased theboys out of the meadow, settled in their hair, got uptheir trouser legs, and gave John and Eden many a savagethrust for their interference. The boys found swatterswhittled out of shingles helpful in their combats with thebees. Once John succeeded in collecting two pounds of bum-blebee honey. He squeezed it out of the comb, securing agood-sized bottleful, a great rarity. Hiding it in the at-tic away from the other boys, the jHoney-Gatherer tip-toed up there at rare intervals to taste sparingly of theprecious into)
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