Besides, we're three
to one in favor of the humans!"
"Oh, well," she condescended, "if you put it that way I'll agree not
to interfere. Only, don't expect me to help you any with your
schemes; I'll just keep an eye on Supreme, that's all."
"Then we're agreed." The doctor put on his bracelets. "Suppose we go
into the trance state for about three minutes--long enough to learn
what's going on today."
Shortly Billie again using the eyes and ears of the extraordinarily
capable bee who ruled the rest, once more looked down upon Sanus.
She saw the big "city," which she now knew to be a vast collection
of hives, built by the humans at the command of the bees. At the
moment the air was thick with workers, returning with their loads of
honey from the fields which the humans had been compelled to
cultivate. What a diabolical reversal of the accepted order of
things!
The architect had time to note something very typical of the case.
On the outskirts of the city two humans were at work, erecting a new
hive.
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