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enclosed in the muslin. These beetles frequently emerge before the 

 blossoms of the raspberry are open and then feed on the pollen of the 

 apple, strawberry, and gooseberry. The protected red currant bush (fig. 

 70, b) yielded a few currants, chiefly as single berries. In this case ants 



crawled up the main stem and may have! fertilized some of the flowers, or 

 the wind may have assisted in distributing the pollen. A similar bush in 

 the same row had a heavy crop of currants but in the photograph (fig. 

 70, a) they have been somewhat thinned by the birds who commenced 

 eating ihem before they were ripe. It is sometimes stated in the daily 



