BOMBUS, THE BUMBLE-BEE. 
PIS MELLIFICA is not the only 
honey-bee in this country. 
Indeed, she is not even a native of Amer- 
belong to America. They were 
s~ here when Columbus discovered 
the New World. 
Red Clover. There are a great many bum- 
gble-bees in different parts of the 
Z’ world, and more than sixty species 
in North America. The habits of them 
yall are very much alike, however, so if we 
| make the acquaintance of one, we shall 
know something of all. 
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