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and the florist is certainly five times as much annuahy, that is, 

 $100,000,000. 



Here we have shown a bee hive, the entrance to which leads 

 into a greenhouse where cucumbers are grown. It is much 

 better, of course, to have two entrances to the hive, one lead- 

 ing to the outside and one to the inside, otherwise you will find 

 that you lose your hive of bees too soon. I'hat is. the bees 

 will go to the inside, beat their wings against the glass and so 

 many are killed that you have to replace them with a new 

 hive. Here we have the entrance to one of our hives shown. 

 These are the sentinel bees. Now, as you all know, each bee 

 in the hive has something definite to do. They are the sentinels 

 that guard the entrance. There are those who take care of 

 the ventilation and they are stationed here also, fanning their 

 wings to make currents of air. We see the nurses who take 

 care of the young bees, the worker bees who go out after 

 pollen, the worker bees who go out after nectar, and the bees 

 that take care of the queen ; also the bees that clean the hive, 

 keep it perfectly clean. There are the bees that stop up the 

 holes with wax. It is foimd that these bees remain a certain 

 distance apart. If you remove one the rest will change their 

 position to take care of so much entrance, for often robber bees 

 come to the hive. There are always people that want to get 

 something for nothing and they want to steal it from somebody 

 else. To prevent these robber bees all we have to do is to 

 narrow this entrance down instead of allowing it to reach 

 clear across the hive. We thus can prevent the robber bees 

 from coming in, helping thus the sentinel bees with their work 

 by making this entrance say an inch and a half wide instead of 

 the length of the whole hive. 



We have near Worcester, Massachusetts, a man who makes 

 a striking success of growing cantaloupes. He has done this 

 for years. He is an excellent bee-keeper also, and I think one 

 explanation of his success is the fact that he cares so well for 

 his bees and that he keeps enough of them so that they fertilize 

 his melons for him. The melon is like the cucumber, different 

 sexes on different plants, male sex on one plant, female on 

 another and cross fertilization must take place. 



This slide shows the kitchen pea. All of you know it. You 

 can be certain that any plant that has a blossom which is very 



