We consider the bee as a great worker, don't we? 'As busy as a
bee,' you know. None of the so-called lower animals show greater
industry."
"You don't mean to say," demanded Smith, "that these Sanusian bees
owe their position to the fact that they are, or were, such great
workers?"
Before the doctor could reply, Van Emmon broke in. It seemed as
though his mind refused to get past this particular point. "Now, why
the dickens have the humans allowed the bees to dominate them? Why?"
"We'll have to go at this a little more systematically," remarked
Kinney, "if we want to understand the situation."
"In the first place, suppose we note a thing or two about conditions
as we find them here on the earth. We, the humans, are accustomed to
rank ourselves far above the rest. It is taken for granted.
"Now, note this: the human supremacy was not always taken for
granted." He paused to let it sink in. "Not always. There was a time
in prehistoric days when man ranked no higher than others.
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