Bees are of great use to us.
DR. BARTLETT.
Certainly. We should without them, have neither honey nor wax; which are both very useful for various purposes.
WILLIAM.
But, Sir, is it not hard that we should rob the bees of their honey, which they have so industriously gathered for themselves?
DR. BARTLETT.
It would be cruel, indeed, if we did not leave them a sufficient quantity. Providence, in the whole of creation, considered the wants of man; yet did not neglect to supply those of the meanest of his creatures. We are allowed to govern them, and partake of the dainties they procure; but the master must not degenerate into a tyrant—a cruel spoiler.
EMILIA.
I never could endure bees, because they sting; but for the future I will love them.
DR. BARTLETT.