76 ELEMENTAEY AGEICULTUEE 



Busy as a Bee. Now we know what busy, strange, 

 helpful little creatures the bees are, and we do not 

 wonder at the old saying, "As busy as a bee.'' 

 Every farm has enough plants to provide several 

 swarms with pollen and nectar, so that each one 

 may have its own honey. What one needs to know 

 about beekeeping he may learn largely from books, 

 because it is said that more books have been written 

 about the bee than about any other domestic animal. 



QUESTIONS 



(1) Why were bees more highly prized in the olden 

 times than to-day? (2) What plants are good for honey 

 bees? (3) Where do the bees get the wax? (4) What 

 is *' royal jelly"? (5) How do bee farmers aid their 

 bees in honey making? (6) What other service does the 

 bee perform besides making money? (7) Why would 

 not clover grow in New Zealand at first? 



For exercises, problems and experiments, refer to the 

 Appendix. 



