I think this book belongs to you because, if it can be said to be about anything in particular—which it cannot—it is, in spite of its delusive title, about bees, and as I cannot dedicate it to them, I offer it to those who love them most.
PREFACE
JEMIMA
ON BEING IDLE
ON HABITS
IN DEFENCE OF WASPS
ON PILLAR ROCK
TWO VOICES
ON BEING TIDY
AN EPISODE
ON POSSESSION
ON BORES
A LOST SWARM
YOUNG AMERICA
ON GREAT REPLIES
ON BOILERS AND BUTTERFLIES
ON HEREFORD BEACON
CHUM
ON MATCHES AND THINGS
ON BEING REMEMBERED
ON DINING