TO-DAY'S NATURE NOTE
The Bee’s Instinct One bright sunny morning late in the spring I was reading on the veranda, and on my dress there was pinned a spray of three beautiful clematis blossoms. Presently, a large humble bee flew near and then settled on one of the flowers. I sat very still and watched it work. When it had completely worked one flower it flew off a little distance and theu'returned and started work on the second. When that one was finished the bee flew away •i long distance, and I thought that it bad left for other fields of labour. Imagine my surprise to see it again return to the task and settle immedately on the unworked flower. Now, how. could that bee tell nt that distance that there was a fiiifd flower to work, and how could it know just which one had not been worked?—-M.V.VT. (Langbutn). "The Dominion" invites readers to send descriptions in not more than 200 words of their observations from Nature. A prize of five shillings is given each vieek for the best contribution received. Address: Nature Note, “The Dominion t 9t IVellington.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 8
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190TO-DAY'S NATURE NOTE Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 8
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