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out of the way of the bees by bending the separate 

 little stalks on which they are raised in the head, 

 and tuckinj4 themselves ti^ht a>^aiiist 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 danj^ers 

 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 

 oi plant jjives him un- 

 necessary trouble in 

 j^ettinj4 at the honey, 

 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 



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