The Bumble Bee is one ov natur's sekrets.
They probably hav a destiny to fill, and are probably necessary, if a
fellow only knew how.
They liv apart from the rest ov mankind, in little circles numbering
about 75 or 80 souls.
They are born about haying time, and are different from enny bug i know
ov; they are the biggest when they are fust born. They resemble sum men
in this respekt.
Their principle bizziness iz making poor honey, but they don't make enny
to sell.
Boys sumtimes rob them out ov a whole summer's work; but thare is one
thing about a bumble bee that boys alwus watch dreadful cluss, and that
iz their _helm_.
I had rather not hav awl the bumble bee honey that is between here and
the city ov Jerusalem, than tew hav a bumble bee hit me with his helm
when he cums round suddin.