INSECTS. 



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do not wander aimlessly from one'kind to another. 

 When apple trees are in bloom, bees, for example, 

 feed upon apple blossoms; when catnip is in bloom, 

 they teed upon catnip blossoms. When white 

 clover is out, all honey made in the hive during 

 that period is "white clover honey." 



W r hite blossoms that are insect-fertilized come 



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HOW INSECTS CARRY POLLEN. 



out at night; colored blossoms come out during 

 the day. So some insects fly by day, and some by 

 night. Certain insects fly by night because certain 

 plants bloom then; or, the plants bloom then be- 

 cause certain insects fly by night. 



Tubular blossoms conceal nectar deep down 

 their tubes at their bases, out of the reach of most 

 insects; but some moths and butterflies have for 



