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clovers, alfalfa, and other legumes, the linden, tulip, or poplar, and 

 fruit trees are favorites with bees. Fruit trees should not be 

 sprayed in blossom time for fear of poisoning 

 the insect visitors. Even when a fruit grower 

 is not a beekeeper, .he should protect bees on 

 account of their service as pollen carriers. 



There are many successful beekeepers in 

 large cities. Their colonies find abundant 

 food in the flowers, shrubs, and trees of 

 gardens, parks, and streets. Beekeeping is 

 light and profitable work, and pleasant 

 also when one is freed from the fear and 

 danger of stings. If bees are dealt with 

 gently and smoked properly, they are 

 easily managed. 



Bee Colony. The life of a bee family, 

 or colony, is very interesting. In spring 

 there are three kinds of bees in each 

 colony. There is one queen, several hun- 

 dred drones, and about- thirty-five or forty 

 thousand workers. 



Queen. The queen bee lays all the eggs 

 sometimes as many as four thousand in twenty- 

 four hours and leads the colony when it 

 swarms. 



Drones. The drones, or males, gather no 

 honey and have no sting. 



Workers. The worker bee is the smallest, but on it falls all 

 the labor of making comb, beebread, and honey, and of caring 

 for the larvae, or undeveloped bees. It has a sting to protect 

 itself and to attack its enemies. In the fall the workers drive 



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 CORNIOLAN BEES 



