266 The Romance of Wild Flowers 
is a sign to the bee that the honey les in that 
direction. Humble-bees push their heads far in to 
reach the honey, and in so doing get their backs 
covered with pollen ; honey-bees creep almost entirely 
in, though sometimes these get the honey in a more 
expeditious though less honourable way—by biting a 
hole in the spur. 
