. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. $ Tt>e ^piapy % THE HONEY BEE IN RELATION TO PLANT riT seems almost remarkable that we appear to strive after that Ll which is not within reach, and that which is ours, if we but nod our head, is spurned as unworthy of our notice and of our attention. What more interesting study can those ot us, who live in rural districts, desire than the study of plant and animal life. How many years did I and many others pass in the coun- try, and the things about us were a closed book. And how the first glance astonis
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1893. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. $ Tt>e ^piapy % THE HONEY BEE IN RELATION TO PLANT riT seems almost remarkable that we appear to strive after that Ll which is not within reach, and that which is ours, if we but nod our head, is spurned as unworthy of our notice and of our attention. What more interesting study can those ot us, who live in rural districts, desire than the study of plant and animal life. How many years did I and many others pass in the coun- try, and the things about us were a closed book. And how the first glance astonishes, dazzles and yet delights. Youth can have no greater safeguard except the divine, be it in the country or city, than to become interested in the study of the habits of plants and insects, and the -relation the one bears to the other. One so interested would, without doubt, appreciate to a greater extent the advantages, yes, Z2i£EZ with all its drudgery, the beauties of rural occupations. And youth need not be interested alone ; those of us who have reached a mature age will find this a study well worthy of our attention during our hours of comparative leisure, and, withal, we can derive from this study solid financial benefits. I propose to just lightly touch upon the honey bee and its relation to plant life. To many of us the characteristic of the bee essentially valuable is, that we can, in a manner, domesticate it and turn it to the gathering of surplus honey! But is this the reason we have the honey bee creation, or is the storing of honey only a secondary matter. There is every evidence to show that as in our own lives working for our daily bread is only a secondary matter, and the object of our existence is far above and beyond that, so the object of the existence of the honey bee is primarily not to store honey, but to assist plant life in reproduction. Darwin and a host of others have shown that the honey bee plays no mean part in the reproduction of plant life. So
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