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crop (especially the white Dutch clover called 

 honeysuckle) is so rich in sweet juices, that when 

 there is plenty of it, a good supply of honey is 

 also pretty certain. 



In autumn, bees attack fruit after birds or snails 

 have removed the outer skin. They also consume 

 honey-dew, the sweet fluid which is dropped by the 

 aphis. At this season also the Passion-flower 

 affords a seasonable supply of liquid honey. The 

 fondness of the bee for the honey of this flower 

 is thus noticed by Mr. Wailes in the Entomological 

 Magazine. He says, " Against the south front 

 of our house, several plants of the Passiflora 

 Ccerulea are trained, which cover it to the height of 

 some twenty feet, or thereabouts; and, from July 

 to November, the constant succession of its beau- 

 tiful flowers attract great numbers of the hive-bee, 

 especially during autumn, when flowers productive 

 of much honey are scarce. Every one knows the 

 passion-flower, and need hardly be told that one 

 series of the rays of the nectary closely surrounds 

 the stipes or shaft, whilst other two are beauti- 

 fully spread over the horizontal leaves of the 



