“No,” said Rollo, “I can catch him without getting stung.”
“How?” said Henry.
“I will show you,” said Rollo.
So saying, Rollo approached the hollyhocks, and put both his hands up slowly to the flower which the bee was in. He then very carefully gathered together the edges of the flower, so as to enclose and imprison the bee. He then gently broke off the stem of the flower, and held it up to Henry’s ear, to let him hear the bee buzz within.
“Now,” said Rollo, “I wish I had a little bee-hive. I would put him in, and perhaps he would make some honey in there.”
“Do you think he would?” said Henry.
“Yes,” replied Rollo, “I have no doubt he would; bees always make honey in bee-hives.”
“Haven’t you got some box that will do?” said Henry.
“I don’t know,” said Rollo; “let us go along towards the barn, and see if we can’t find one. I suppose it is no matter what the shape of it is,” he added, “if it is only a box, with a small hole for the bees to go in and out.”
“But you haven’t got but one bee,” said Henry, as they walked along towards the barn.