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The Bee People. 



smell them, for bright flowers are generally 

 fragrant. 



Flowers make a sweet juice on purpose 

 to feed bees and other insects. We call this 



The Wild Rose, with five 

 separate petals. 



The Morning-Glory, with the 

 petals grown together into 

 a funnel. 



sweet juice nectar, and the bees take it 

 home and make honey of it. 



The flowers like to have the bees come 

 and take the nectar. Why, do you sup- 

 pose ? If you have studied flowers, you 

 will know ; if you have not, 1 must try to 

 tell you. 



You know there is a yellow dust in some 

 flowers. It gets on your face when you 

 smell of them. Sometimes flower dust is 



