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Doubtless many have supposed that the bees were gatheriiig 

 a real honey dew, when closer inspection would have shown 

 that some species of plant lice was wholly resjionsible. I think 

 that very often this nectar from plant lice is entirely whole- 

 some and unobjectionable. 



EEAL HONEY DEW. 



Bees also get, in some regions, a sort of honey-dew, which 

 enables them to add to their stores with surprising rapidity. 



Fig. 124. 



Cov) Pea. 

 a, a— Glands. b— Flower. fi— Pods. 



I remember one morning while riding on horseback along the 

 .'Sacramento ijver, in California, I broke off a willow '^tni" 



