Motieybee 



Honeybees and appleblossoms both are 

 necessary in the apple tree community. With- 

 out honeybees to perform the task of pollina- 

 tion, there would be no abundant harvest of 

 red apples. And without appleblossoms, bees 

 would not have appleblossom nectar to gather 

 for manufacturing into delectable honey. 



So busy is a bee in appleblossom time that 

 he pays little attention to me as I approach for 

 a close-up photograph. But I must snap his 

 picture quickly. This tireless little laborer will 

 sip the fresh nectar from a blossom in less than 

 two or three seconds, and will then buzz off 

 to another one. His time for work is short; it 

 takes but a few days for the pink and white 

 flowers to unfold and absorb the required 

 amount of spring sunshine and moisture, and 

 then the soft petals drift to the ground, and 

 tiny apples begin to form. 



Take away honeybees from the apple tree, 

 and apple crops will be sharply reduced, almost 

 conpletely lost. Deny a honeybee the privi- 

 lege of sipping appleblossom nectar, and the 

 production of one of man's sweetest and most 

 perfectly prepared foods will be curtailed. 



I like honey; and I like apples. And I like 

 honeybees hovering around my old apple 

 tree. 



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