THE FLOWER AND THE BEE 



Fig. 119. Strawberry. Fragaria virginiana 



produced. Thousands of acres of cucumbers are every year 

 grown in the fields for pickle-factories, and the crop is wholly 

 dependent on the visits of bees. In a word, without insect- 

 pollinators we should have no cucumbers, squashes, pumpkins, 

 or melons. (Fig. 107, page 233.) 



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