THE QUEEN BEE
THE QUEEN BEE
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THE farmer opened his bee-hive.
“Out with you!” he said. “The sun is shining; the flowers are blossoming everywhere and are a sheer joy to behold. Let me see you industrious now and gather me a good lot of honey which I can sell to the shopkeeper in the autumn. Many mickles make a muckle; and you know that things are looking bad with agriculture.”
“What is agriculture to us?” said the bees.