The Life of the Bee

THE LIFE OF THE BEE

By Maurice Maeterlinck

Translated By Alfred Sutro

NEW YORK

1914

_Published May, 1901_

Contents

I. ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE HIVE

II. THE SWARM

III. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY

IV. THE LIFE OF THE BEE

V. THE YOUNG QUEENS

VI. THE NUPTIAL FLIGHT

VII. THE MASSACRE OF THE MALES

VIII. THE PROGRESS ...