. Buz, or, The life and adventures of a honey bee. CHAPTER VIII. DEATH OF HUM. ROBBERY. RESTITUTION. ^ OR the next few days Buz keptsteadily at work, and the combsin the super were at last filled a^dsealed up. They were quite beau-tiful ! clean, regular, and of agolden straw color : the wax wasK^^^^ thin and transparent; and as no^ ^^^K ^SS^ ^^^ been laid in the super,it was all virgin honey—a perfect^^^^^^^, picture! Buz had now plenty of leisure,but she spent a good deal of her time in the hive ;for the days began to get short, and the nights longand cold, and the sun himself was lazy about
. Buz, or, The life and adventures of a honey bee. CHAPTER VIII. DEATH OF HUM. ROBBERY. RESTITUTION. ^ OR the next few days Buz keptsteadily at work, and the combsin the super were at last filled a^dsealed up. They were quite beau-tiful ! clean, regular, and of agolden straw color : the wax wasK^^^^ thin and transparent; and as no^ ^^^K ^SS^ ^^^ been laid in the super,it was all virgin honey—a perfect^^^^^^^, picture! Buz had now plenty of leisure,but she spent a good deal of her time in the hive ;for the days began to get short, and the nights longand cold, and the sun himself was lazy about gettingup in the I02 Buz. And Buz began to feel that the bright beautifulsummer of her life was over too; and she remem-bered with tenderness the lovely mornings she hadknown, when the sun, streaming early into the hive,had tempted her away to flowery fields and pleasantgardens; when the dew-drops, sparkling so brightlyon the gossamer webs, seemed strings of fairy dia-monds ; and when the flowers, fresh from theirnight^s rest, lifted up their heads and shook out theirpetals, and offered her all their store of honey ; andthen she thought of Hum, dear, gentle Hum, inwhose company she had enjoyed her first exper-iences. *^ I declare I will go to the old hive again, as soonas I can, said she to herself, and try to find outhow she is getting on. They wont let me in, I sup-pose ; but I may hear something of her. I quitelong to see her once more. So the very next day, when the sun shone out fora time. Buz paid a visit to her former home. What was her disappointment, however, to findthat the old hive was go
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