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red clover, notwithstanding the statements made by several correspond- 

 ents in recent numbers of the American Bee Journal, and the opinion 

 of many beekeepers in Iowa. Third, I want to especially exonerate the 

 honey bee from the perforation of flowers and the injury of fruits. Some 

 years ago I published a monograph on the Pollination of Phlomis tuberosa 



Fig. 10. 



Mint {Mentha pijjerita). Bees frequently visit this mint. 



and the Perforation of Flowers. The conclusion reached was that our 

 flowers are not perforated by honey bees.§ This is slightly at variance 

 with a few recorded observations by Hermann Mueller, who found that 

 the honey bee perforated the flowers of Erica Tetralix and Nepetn 

 hederacea. 



Fig. 11. 



Blue "Weed (Echium vulgare). 

 (Selby Oihio Agrl. Exp. Sta.) 



§ Trans. St. Louis Acad. Sci. 



Many of the borages are good honey plants. 

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