The Humble Bee.
Mr Carrick, the cnaifniati of a southern Acclimatisation Society, remarked that in clean clover seed alone the humble bee was worth £50,000 a year to the country. The humble bee bai (according to the Akaroa Mail) a hitherto unsuspected foe, in addition to the exporters to Queensland. A short time ago the caretaker of the Akaroa Domain observed a tui in a very excited state flying after some object. The bird was successful in bringing its prey to the ground, and later inspection revealed a humble bee deprived of its honey sac, the body of the insect being otherwise uninjured, Since then the same observer has several times noticed tnis engaged in this pursuit. That the honey birds of New Zealand should have discovered this freah source of honey suggests a new and not insignificant danger to the useful litile fertilser of our clover fields.
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Manawatu Herald, 23 December 1897, Page 3
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148The Humble Bee. Manawatu Herald, 23 December 1897, Page 3
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