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out the entire season, if in movable frames, take 

 out and store away some of the combs when there 

 are no young bees in them, and I believe the quan- 

 tity of pollen can be vastly increased, perhaps doubled. 

 The quantity of flowers that yield pollen is much 

 greater than those producing honey, and all flowers 

 that produce honey yield more or less pollen; but 

 there are many that produce pollen, but no honey. 



HOW POLLEN IS STORED. 



"When the bee arrives in the hive with her freight 

 of pollen, she seeks a suitable cell ; she then fixes 

 her two middle and two hind legs, which she thrusts 

 into the mouth of the cell ; she now curves her body 

 downward and seizes the little pellets with her two 

 forelegs, presses or rubs them off into the mouth of 

 the cell, and pushes them inward a little. When she 

 is thus freed from her load, she is ready again to de- 

 part for another, leaving the one just deposited ap- 

 parently to the care of other bees. Presently a bee 

 comes along, it peeps into the cell and then proceeds 

 to pack the pollen away, which it does apparently 

 with its head, by first pushing it to the bottom of the 

 cell; and moistening it a little with honey or water, 

 presses it firmly to its proper place In this way 

 they fill the cells about two-thirds their capacity, 

 frequently filling it out with honey, and sometimes 

 seal it over. It is a singular fact, that bees store 

 pollen in worker cells only ; none is ever found in 

 drone cells. This discovery my friend, Mr. Quin- 

 by, claims to have made. He says: "Here is one 



