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one kind while they last. In this way honey is made from the 

 nectar of just one kind of flowers at a time, and we get sweet- 

 clover honey, or white-clover honey, or buckwheat honey, 

 according to the kind of flower drawn from. When there are 

 only a few flowers of one kind the honey is made from the 

 nectar of all kinds of flowers. 



The worker also gathers the pollen from flowers into a 



80. A MODERN BEE-HIVE AND ITS PARTS 



"pollen basket" on her hind legs. This is carried to the hive 

 and made into bee-bread and used for feeding larvae. 



Bees also gather a substance called ** bee-glue" from the 

 buds of trees. This "bee-glue" is properly called propolis 

 and is used for stopping up holes or cracks in the hive. The 

 whole inner surface of the hive is also coated over with this 

 substance, and movable parts are stuck together with it. 



The amount of honey which a swarm of bees will produce 



