The Gross-Leaved Heath 



corolla, and the peculiarity of their heads at once 

 arrests our attention, for each has two long horns — 

 one from each of its pollen boxes — and these stretch 

 upwards and outwards into the bell. Hence, about 

 a third of the way up from the mouth, there is a 

 radiating circle of sixteen horns almost blocking the 

 bell. Again, each pollen box of the sixteen has an 

 oval opening on its outside near the tip — that is, 

 at the end nearest the bell-mouth — ^but since all 

 the heads are pressed together in a circle the pollen 

 cannot possibly fall out through any of them. Up 

 at the top of the bell, honey is manufactured and 

 stored in glands. Now heather-honey is proverbial, 

 and many bee-keepers who live near moors make 

 a special feature of it. It has a peculiar flavour of 

 its own, and is somewhat dark in colour, but whether 

 or no it is preferred by many honey-eaters, it is 

 certainly particularly appreciated by bee honey- 

 drinkers. On sunny autumn days a moor will seem 

 alive with the buzzing of both wild and hive bees 



as they fly from flower to flower. 



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