Part 1

HAPPY The LIFE OF A BEE

by WALTER FLAVIUS MCCALEB

Illustrations and Decorations by CLEMENT B. DAVIS

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON

HAPPY: THE LIFE OF A BEE

Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published April, 1917

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CHAP. PAGE

FOREWORD 9

I. THE AWAKENING 15

II. THE CELL-HOUSE 20

III. MYSTERIES 24

IV. THE FIRST FLIGHT 28

V. ROBBERY 34

VI. CRIP 40

VII. CRIP, THE WISE 45

VIII. A GLEANER OF HONEY 50

IX. A STORM 56

X. THE AFTERMATH 60

XI. THE FIGHT WITH THE WEB-WORMS 65

XII. THE WOUNDING OF CRIP 72

XIII. THE SWARMING FEVER 77

XIV. PERILS 86

XV. A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE 95

XVI. TIDINGS OF WOE 101

XVII. THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN 106

XVIII. CRIP AND THE IMPOSTOR 112

XIX. FAREWELL 116