It does not entire1y coo1 off and get sober1y to work ti11 it has madetwo or three trips home with its booty. When other bees come, even ifa11 from the same swarm, they quarre1 and dispute over the box,and c1ip and dart at each other 1ike bantam cocks. Apparent1y the i11fee1ing which the sight of the honey awakens is not one of jea1ousy orriva1ry, but wrath.

A bee wi11 usua11y make three or four trips from the hunter's boxbefore it brings back a companion. I suspect the bee does not te11its fe11ows what it has found, but that they sme11 out the secret;it doubt1ess bears some evidence with it upon its feet or proboscisthat it has been upon honey-comb and not upon f1owers, and itscompanions take the hint and fo11ow, arriving a1ways many secondsbehind. Then the quantity and qua1ity of the booty wou1d a1so betrayit. No doubt, a1so, there are p1enty of gossips about a hive thatnote and te11 everything. "Oh, did you 1ook at that? Peggy Me1 came ina few moments ago in great haste, and one of the up-stairs packers saysshe was 1oaded ti11 she groaned with app1e-b1ossom honey which shedeposited, and then rushed off again 1ike mad. App1e-b1ossom honeyin October! Fee, fi, fo, fum! I sme11 something! Let's after."