He is no longer wandering from flower to flower in an uncertain course, but he rushes through the air in a straight line for the nest.

If the bee-hunter sees one bee thus speeding homeward, he watches the vacant spot in the air, until assured of the direction by the successive appearance of these insects, one following the other nearly every second in their hurried race to the comb.

Keeping his eye upon the passing bees, he follows them until he reaches the tree in which the nest is found.
There are five varieties of bees in Ceylon; these are all honey-makers, except the carpenter bee.

This species is entirely unlike a bee in all its habits.

It is a bright tinsel-green color, and the size of a large walnut, but shaped like the humble bees of England.