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and care of the young. In the article of food, the 

 bee is a most industrious collector of the sweet 

 juices of flowers, which are converted into the 

 luscious honey with which she stores her hive. 

 She also collects pollen, as an ingredient in the 





BEES GATHERING HONEY. 



food of the young, and a gummy substance called 

 propolis, which oozes from the poplar, birch, and 



