The Busy Bee.
Every head of clover consiht* of abuut GO flower tubes, each of which contains an iuliaitet-iiual quantity of sugar. Bees will often visit 100 uilierent heads of clover betoie letinng to the hive, and in order to obtain the su-ar c-op^ary for a load mutt, therefore, thrust thi-ir tongues into about <iOOO diff. rent flowtri*. A bee w.ll take 20 trip* a day when the clover pueh i-> convenient to the fcive and thus will draw tlv fcU gar fiom 120,000 difrercat flower in the' course of a single day's work.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 14 August 1902, Page 4
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94The Busy Bee. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 33, 14 August 1902, Page 4
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