Lom and the Bees. 19!

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sure to meet some. If you look round, no
doubt you will see a great many scattered
over the garden. They know they’re wel-
come, but still I always take care to remind
them of it whenever I have an opportunity.”

“"There’s one, there’s one!” called Archie.

A. bee had just stopped at a tall white lily.
He turned into the flower. It took him some
time to go down, for there was a good way
to go, and some time to fetch out all the
materials he wanted. ‘Then he came up
buzzing, and flew away.

“Welcome, welcome!” cried the old gentle-
man. “Stay as long as you like!”

“T don’t see what he’s carrying,” said
Tom; “but I’m sure he has found something,
There—he’s stopping again for more.”

As they walked on, they met several others;
and they soon saw there were a great number
scattered about the garden, as Archie's grand-
papa had said. Then they came to a row of
their houses near the wall.

“ They’re not so big as my house,” said the
old gentleman ; “not nearly. But then, you