Bombus, the Bumble- Bee. 1 75 



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. 



1 once had a bumble-bee 

 that did not know how toi 

 get nectar from red^ 

 clover. 



It was hatched in^ 

 my room, and fed on sugar 

 ' for several days. 



Then it was given some clover,!! but it 

 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 



