Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

Melissa. You can't stop few working sisters ron
laying now and then when they overfeed themselves.
They only raise dwarf drones
We're Matching drones with workers stoln-
workers with droncs stomachs: and albnos and
mixed eggers can't pack pollen-like poor
Little beast yonder don't mind dwarf drones any more
than you do iii they ali die in Iuy but this steady
Ia oh of oddities frishtens me. Melissa
How OF you. They all so deiiShtfuliy
clever and unusual and interesting" pped the WaA-
moth from a crack above them Come here you dear
downy duck and tell as all about your feelings
Il wish shed 60" Sacharissa lowered her voice
she these rodditics as they dry OUT. ana
,nddes EN- in corners.
II suppose the truth Is that were oNerstocked aud
we'll fed swarm" said Melissa
That is the truth" said the Queens voice behind
them. They had heard the heavy royal football
which sets the empty cells vibrating sacharisss offered
her food She ate and dragged her weary body
forward. Can YOU suggest remedy" she said
New principles" cried the Waxmoth from he:
crevice Wen apply them quiety-later"
Suppose a swarm" Melissa suggested
It's little late. but it might ease us OFF,
1t would butt Hive, You
shall see for YOURSELF The old Queen cried tho
swarmng Cry. which bee Of good blood should be
what tho trumpet to Jobs warhorse. In spite OF
her immense age tthree years. 1t rang between the
canon-likc frames pibroch rings in mountain
the tanners changed their note and repeated it
up in every gallery; and the broad-winged drones
burly and eager. ended it in nerve thrilling out
break Of bugles: La Refine lie veut! Swarm. sWar-rm
Swar-r-rm!"
roar which should follow Call was
wanting. They heard broken grumble like the muir
of falling tide.
Swarm? What for? Catch me leaving a good
barframe Hive with foundations. for rotten old
oak out in the where 1t may rain any minute!
We're all right! It's Patent Guaranteed Hive Why
do they want US to turn out? swarmng be gumned'
swarmng was invented to cheat a worker out OF her
proper comforts. Come OFF to bed!"
The noise died out as the bees settled in empty
cells for the night.
You hear?" said the Queen. II know the hiver
quite between ourselves 1 taught them that
cried the Wax-moth. Wait till principles develop
and you'll see the light from new quarter.
You speak truth for once the Queen said sud
denly for she recognized the Waxmoth. That Light
will break in from the top of the Hive. A Hot Smoke
will follow It, and children will not be able to
hide In any crevice."
rs 1t possible?' Melissa whispered. I've have
sometimes heard legend like It,"
1T is no legend" the old Queen answered I had
from mother and she had 1t from hers After the
Waxmoth has grown strong Shadow will fall across
Gate; a Voice will speak from behind the Veil;
there light, Hot Smoke. and earthquakes.
and those who live will see everything they have
DONE together In place. burned in one great
Fire" The old Queen trying to tell what she had
told OF the Bee Masters dealings with an injected
hive the apiary, three seasons and OF
course. from her point of view the affair was as i'm
portant as the Day Of Judgment
And then?" asked Mortified Sacharissa.
Then I have heard that little light will burn
in great darkness,and perhaps the world will begin
again Myself. 7 think not"
'Tutl Tut" the wax-moth cried you good, fat
people always prophesy ruin II things don't exactly
your way. But grant you there will be changes
There were. When her eggs Matched. the wax
with little tunnels coated with the dirty clothes
OF the caterpIlars Flanney lines through tho
the narders. the foundations and.
ALL through the babies in their cradles till tho
Sweeper Guards spent half their time tossing out
les. Ntte corpses The lines ended in a sticky
webbing on the of the comb. The caterptllars
could not stop spinning they walked. and as they
walked everywhere, they smarmed and earned every
thing Even it did hamper the bees feet, the
stale sour smell the stuff put them or their work.
though OF the bees who had taken to laying
said 1t encouraged them to be mothers and maintain
vital interest in life.