when he turned round, he was standing in front of an old tree which was partly hollow, and saw some wild bees flying in and out of it. "there i shall at once find the reward of my good deed," said the tailor, "the honey will refresh me." but the queen-bee came out, threatened him and said, "if thou touchest my people, and destroyest my nest, our stings shall pierce thy skin like ten thousand red-hot needles. but if thou wilt leave us in peace and go thy way, we will do thee a service for it another time."