V. K.

CONTENTS

I.[ Nuova Appears ]1
II.[ Nuova's First Experiences ]7
III.[ Nuova as Nurse ]16
IV.[ Nuova sees Some Other Things Done ]29
V.[ Nuova sees Bee Moth and gets acquainted with Beffa ]44
VI.[ Nuova and Hero, and the Birth of the Princess ]60
VII.[ Nuova goes Outside ]78
VIII.[ Nuova and Hero again, and a Battle ]93
IX.[ Hero and Nuova once more, and the Great Courting Chase ]10
X.[ Nuova in the Beautiful Garden ]115
XI.[ Hero finds Nuova in the Garden ]130
XII.[ The Happy Ending ]142

ILLUSTRATIONS

["Nuova, I love you" ]Colored Frontispiece
[The beginning of a new life for Nuova ]4
[Industriously cleaning the floor ]12
["I am so tired," replied poor Nuova]26
[She would like that kind of work ]32
["What?" she cried. "Well, you really are a stupid bee" ]42
["The stupid one! The faithless one!" ]48
["Drones work? It isn't done, you know" ]62
[There came slowly forth ... the new Princess ]74
["Beffa, you are sad," said Saggia ]80
[Nuova began to clean his wings ]96
[Nuova was among the fallen ]104
[In the Garden ]116
[Beffa settled down comfortably ]128
["The Princess is lost!" ]146

THE NAMES OF THE BEES

As all the bees of this story are Italian bees, they all, except one, have Italian names. And they should really be spoken as the Italians speak them. Besides, they are prettier that way. Therefore, a list of them, with the proper way to pronounce them, is given here.