The following facts show the marvellous industry of bees. Approximately, 100 heads of clover yield 0.8 gramme of sugar, or 125 heads give 1 gramme of sugar, and, therefore, 125,000 heads 1 kilogramme of sugar. As each head contains 60 florets (125,000x60), not less than 7,500,000 flower tubes must be emptied of their honey to obtain 1 kilogramme of sugar. The honey may, roughly, be estimated to contain 75 per cent, of sugar, and hence we have 1 kilogramme equal to 5,600,000 flowers in round numbers, or 2,500,000 visits for one pound of honey.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 969, 13 August 1881, Page 7 (Supplement)
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94Untitled Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 969, 13 August 1881, Page 7 (Supplement)
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