If that's the case, and there's such a thing as graft in this country, I'll buy her off." Tuppence reassured him.
If it is true that there is a thing call graft, she can be purchased.
Some workers guard the hive entrance, others collect nectar, others dry nectar by beating their wings, others groom the queen, others manufacture an antiseptic salve that coats the hive, etc. ...