midday
And he ought to know , if anyone did . In spite of his disappointment at not seeing the raising bee -LRB- that new kind of bee that Jimmy Rabbit had told him about -RRB- Buster Bumblebee decided that he would stay at Farmer Green 's place and watch the men put up the frame of the new barn . He remembered that Jimmy had said there would be things to eat afterwards -- and maybe a dance , besides . Although the barn was a big one there were so many people to help that it was hardly later than midday when the great timbers were all in place . And then the men caught up their coats and strolled back to the dooryard . The small boys had all hurried ahead of them as soon as they noticed that the women and girls were already setting generous dishes of goodies upon long tables beneath the shade of the maple trees in front of the farmhouse . And when he saw what was going on Buster Bumblebee hastened to the maple grove too .