The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . Fig. 39 -I. Army worm, pupa of same; 2. Moth into which it changes ; 3. is a cutworm, CHAPTER IX. BEES. Any farmer may have a small stand of bees and allthe honey needed for his family. In some seasons anexceptional yield of honey may even enable him torealize a nice little sum of money out of honey sold. Bees are insects and belong to the order of hymen-optera, their wings being very thin and two pairs of wings are spread in flight in sucha way that the inner pair hooks on to the outer. Inthis way
The school and farmA treatise on the elements of agriculture . Fig. 39 -I. Army worm, pupa of same; 2. Moth into which it changes ; 3. is a cutworm, CHAPTER IX. BEES. Any farmer may have a small stand of bees and allthe honey needed for his family. In some seasons anexceptional yield of honey may even enable him torealize a nice little sum of money out of honey sold. Bees are insects and belong to the order of hymen-optera, their wings being very thin and two pairs of wings are spread in flight in sucha way that the inner pair hooks on to the outer. Inthis way they are enabled to carry a larger load thantheir size might lead us to expect. A bee has a longtongue which it can twist about easily, and at the endof which there is a brushlike part which it uses tosweep up the juices from the flowers. It puts the sweetjuice (or nectar) of the flower into its mouth, whencethis nectar passes into a little sack called the honeybag. Bees do not fly home until this bag is full. Atthe same time each bee gathers the pollen of f
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