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stored in the cells. Pollen is gathered from flowers and 

 carried on the hind legs in pollen baskets, which are concave 

 segments fringed with hairs. From this pollen, bee bread 

 is made, which is fed to the larvae. 



Flowers visited by bees. The first requisite for success- 

 ful beekeeping is the presence, within a radius of a mile, 

 of proper kinds of flowers from which nectar and pollen may 

 be gathered. Hives may be kept even on roofs in cities, 

 if parks and the right kind of shade trees are near. Of the 

 trees commonly planted along the streets, the red maple, 

 tulip, locust, horse chestnut, and linden invite the bees, 



FIG. 80. Below, an empty section holder; above, one fitted with section-boxes, in 

 which are foundation starters ; two of these have been added to by the bees. 



especially the linden, which is one of the very best of all 

 honey-producing plants. Other valuable flowers are those 

 of fruit trees, clover, buckwheat, raspberry, and of many 

 wild flowers, such as the sweet clover and goldenrod. The 

 blossoms of many plants in both the vegetable and flower 

 gardens are visited by bees. 



Annual yield. A colony of bees may be expected to yield 

 annually an average of from 25 to 30 pounds of comb honey, 

 or 40 to 50 pounds of extracted honey. In the former case 

 the comb in which the honey is stored in the hive is taken 



