midnight
Even Freddie Firefly said things about Buster that night that would not have been at all pleasant to listen to . Buster Bumblebee 's mother told her forty-nine honey-makers that Freddie Firefly and at least forty-eight of his relations were expected at the Bumblebees ' house at dusk . `` Each of the Fireflies will furnish each of you with a light , '' the Queen explained , `` so you 'll be able to go to the clover field almost as easily as you do in the daytime . You 're to work until midnight . And after that you may sleep until the trumpeter wakes you at dawn . '' The Queen 's announcement did not please the honey-makers in the least . They were an ill-tempered lot , anyhow .