Lena took notes from the board continuing our study of the novel's bee metaphor. We noted how August = the queen bee and mother of the hive and further acts as a surrogate mother to Lily . On the board I noted that in chapter 6 Lily finds a spiritual mother in the Black Virgin Mary. Lena then formed a sentence combining the material on the board. Before continuing our reading, Lena took a quiz on chapter 5. She scored 100% answering both fact based and abstract multiple choice questions. We then began reading and discussing chapter 6 which we will finish tomorrow.