LESSON 72 THE BEE

THE BEE

1. I am a busy little bee.

I live in a hive with many other bees.

2. There are three kinds of bees in the hive——the queen, the workers and the drones.

3. I am a worker and I gather nectar, as I fly from flower to flower all the day long.

As I carry this nectar in my body, it is turned into honey.

4. Some honey is stored in wax cells to be used when it is needed. Some is mixed with pollen from the flowers. This is called bee- bread and it is used to feed the baby bees.

5. Did you know that I came from an egg which the queen laid?

She lays many, many eggs, each one in its own little cell.

6. When I was hatched, I was a little white grub and I found some jelly food in my cell.

7. I lived on it for three days. Then I was fed with the bee-bread.

8. I grew and grew and, at last, I filled the cell.

9. Then I made a little cocoon for myself and had a long sleep in it.

10. When I woke up, I found that I was no longer a grub, but a perfect bee.

11. Watch me as I work among the flowers, but do not catch me for I shall sting.