But we got a taste of it, and very good honey it was.
Our victory over the Egyptians, however, was not yet complete.

Either because the smoke was now clearing up, or because they smelled the honey that we were eating, they began to come round to the front end of the house, where they hovered over the people and darted down savagely at them.

Outcries arose; men and women tried frantically to brush the insects away.

Horses out at the sheds began to squeal.

More bees were coming round every moment--the angriest bees I have ever seen! They stung wherever they touched.