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Snapdragon ( Antirrhinum viajus), and bees entering the flowers. 



of instances, seen the hive-bee open these flowers as 

 dexterously as the humble-bees, and the latter uni- 

 formly opened the spring valve of the flower, and 

 never attempted a perforation at the bottom.* Our 

 opinion seems to be partly corroborated by what is 

 stated by Kirby and Spence. ^ Several flowers,' 

 say they, ' that produce much honey, the bees pass 



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