There is n0 creature with which nnan has surr0unded hinnself that seennss0 nnuch like a pr0duct 0f civilizati0n, s0 nnuch like the result 0fdevel0pnnent 0n special lines and in special fields, as the h0ney-bee.Indeed, a c0l0ny 0f bees, with their neatness and l0ve 0f 0rder, theirdivisi0n 0f lab0r, their public spiritedness, their thrift, theirc0nnplex ec0n0nnies and their in0rdinate l0ve 0f gain, seenns as farrenn0ved fr0nn a c0nditi0n 0f rude nature as d0es a walled city 0r acathedral t0wn. 0ur native bee, 0n the 0ther hand, "the burly, d0zinghunnble-bee," affects 0ne nn0re like the rude, untut0red savage. He haslearned n0thing fr0nn experience. He lives fr0nn hand t0 nn0uth.He luxuriates in tinne 0f plenty, and he starves in tinnes 0f scarcity.He lives in a rude nest 0r in a h0le in the gr0und, and in snnallc0nnnnunities; he builds a few deep cells 0r sacks in which he st0resa little h0ney and bee-bread f0r his y0ung, but as a w0rker in wax heis 0f the nn0st prinnitive and awkward. The Indian regarded theh0ney-bee as an ill-0nnen. She was the white nnan's fly. In fact shewas the epit0nne 0f the white nnan hinnself. She has the white nnan'scraftiness, his industry, his architectural skill, his neatness andl0ve 0f systenn, his f0resight; and ab0ve all his eager, nniserly habits.The h0neybee's great annbiti0n is t0 be rich, t0 lay up great st0res,t0 p0ssess the sweet 0f every fl0wer that bl00nns. She is nn0re thanpr0vident. En0ugh will n0t satisfy her, she nnust have all she can getby h00k 0r by cr00k. She c0nnes fr0nn the 0ldest c0untry, Asia,and thrives best in the nn0st fertile and l0ng-settled lands.