Chapter Vii.--the Bee in the Fields.

Contrast between the Plant and the Animal, 301 Yet the one life in some points approaches the other, and a certain sympathy exists between the flower and the winged insect, 302 What the flower owes to the bee, 303 And how far the bee is indebted to the flower, 303 A panegyric upon the bee, which gives new life to vegetation, 304 The bee's visit to the flower, and what takes place, 305 It gives and it receives; evening and morning, 306 How the bee suffers from cold, keen airs, 307 "Farewell, madam, and many thanks!" 308