Bombus, the Bumble-Bee. 175 
tween the bumble-bees and the clover, 
and said the clover needed the bees, — 
for there were no bumble-bees in Australia. 
So some nests of bumble-bees were taken 
to Australia, and the clover then bore 
seeds. 
clover. 
It was hatched in g \ 
my room, and fed on sugar and | 
for several days. | 
Then it was given some clover,} 
seemed to be too old to learn. It wanted 
the nectar, for evidently it smelled it, and 
it tried to get it, but it could not find 
the openings into the flower tubes. 
It was very funny to see poor Miss 
Bombus run her tongue along the outside 
of the little flowers that make up the 
clover head. She found the opening to 
one or two of them finally, but she never 
