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878. Some ignorant people have also coutenrlcd that the 

 numerous visits of bees to flowers, injure the latter and 

 cause them to abort. This is the greatest of all delusions. 

 White-elover, knot-weed, and Spanish-needles, which are 

 among the plants most visited by bees, are also the most 

 abundant, and if they wore 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 

 seieutiflc 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 

 faU." 



