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Show BEES AND THE GARDEN f i i "'4 Honeymakcrs Gather the Sweet From Blossoms. Do Excellent Service In Carrying Pol. len From One Plant to Another They Are Worth While. Honey bees two or three -hive of them--will prove A valuhbln Investment Invest-ment to the hack yntd gardener. Most back yards have enough small fruit frees, flowers nnd blossotnlng vege(n hies to provide attract Inn for flip bees. They are among the bulesf Invaders Homes of Honey Bees. of the growing vegetation, and there are not many blossoms which they will pass by and, at the same time, they carry the pollen from one plant io another. an-other. This Is absolutely necessary, In some way, to cause the plants, to produce. When bees nnd birds do not carry the pollen frmp one plant to another an-other about the only other chance Is for the wind to perform the service. Let the bees do this Important duty whether they aro honey or other kinds of bees, ' |