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878. Some ignorant people have also contended that the 
numerous visits of bees to flowers, injure the latter and 
cause them to abort. This is the greatest of all delusions. 
White-clover, knot-weed, and Spanish-needles, which are 
among the plants most visited by bees, are also the most 
abundant, and if they were damaged, by being deprived of 
the honey which they yield, they would sooner or later dis- 
appear. All the observations that have been made, whether 
scientific or practical, show that the contrary is the truth 
(269). 
In 1885, at the earnest request of our enthusiastic friend, 
Jas. Heddon, a Bee-keepers’ Union was formed to defend 
the interests of Apiarists in North America. Some such 
association is as necessary to Bee-keepers as Trades Unions 
to any group of laborers. ‘‘ United we stand, divided we 
fall.”’ 
