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You wanted magic, watch”. She put her hand into the struggling mass of insects and made a shrill faint piping noise in the back of her throat. There was a movement in the mass, and a large bee lander and flatter then the others crawled onto her hand. A few workers followed it stroking it and generally ministering to it.”How did you do that” said Esk.”Ahhh,” said Granny, “wouldn’t you like to know”.”Yes I would that’s why I asked Granny,” said Esk severely.”Do you think I used magic”, Esk looked down at the queen bee, then up at the witch.”No, I think you just know a lot about bees”.Granny grinned, “Exactly correct, that’s one form of magic of course”.”What just knowing things”.”Knowing things that other people don’t know,” said Granny
