The homing faculty of the bee has been long well known. Not long ago! there was a novel flying match between pigeon and ten hive bees.
Tt took} place at Wigton, Cumberland, over a mile, The bees which were smeared to render them distiguishable from other denizens of the hi visit flowers to carry off honey and pollen, possess a highly developed colour renee, Lord Avebnry has devoted many years to observations on this subject. The paid by bees, hamble-boce, butterflies, flies and beetles are materinily influenced by the colour of the flowers.
Different insects prefer different re some insects to pleasing," and others "nnplessing" The favourite colour of the honey bee is a deep violet-blae; pare blae and violet are also pleasing to it; yellow is less sought after, bat not avoided. Red is disliked and shunned, avd is the " unpleasing colour as far as bees are concerned.
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