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FLASHLIGHTS ON NATURE 



out of the way of the bees by bending the separate 

 little stalks on which they are raised in the head, 

 and tucking themselves tight against the common 



flower stem. This they 

 do partly in order not 

 to confuse and worry 

 their allies the bees, 

 but partly also to avoid 

 certain other dangers 

 to which I will recur 

 later. Plants often 

 try in such ways to 

 save bees or butterflies 

 time and trouble, be- 

 cause the easier they 

 make matters for the 

 bee or butterfly, the 

 more likely is he to 

 visit and fertilise them. 

 He is a useful customer 

 whom they desire to 

 conciliate. If a bee on 

 his rounds finds that 

 any particular species 

 of plant gives him un- 

 nece ssary trouble in 



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g ettm g ^ the hOUCV, 



he is apt to neglect it 

 and pass it by, in 



order to devote himself to other kinds which he 

 sees are more business-like and obliging. The 

 moment he comes to a head of Dutch clover, then 



NO. 7DUTCH CLOVER, THE PER- 



TILISED FLOWERS TURNED 

 DOWN, THE UNFERTILISED 



COURTING THE 'BEES. 



