Why did the bees not sting the Bee-Man?

What is it that leads animals to like a person?

Did his ugly appearance hinder the bees from liking the Bee-Man? Would it hinder you from liking him?

Do you think the Bee-Man had flowers growing in the little garden outside his hut?

What kind of flowers? Why?

Do all flowers with perfume yield honey?

Which would derive more pleasure from watching the life and habits of bees, a busy person or a lazy one?

Do bees make weather observations? Virgil says that bees do not go far from the hive when an east wind is blowing.

What do you think was the Junior Sorcerer’s reason for thinking the Bee-Man had been transformed?

Do you agree with the Junior Sorcerer in his opinion of the Bee-Man: that he was a “miserable old man”?