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IN NATURE of August 12, 1920 (vol. cv., p. 742), a letter was published from me on the behaviour of bees visiting the flowers of the runner bean, Phasiolus multiflorus, to the effect that almost invariably the nectar was obtained from the flower by penetrating the calyx and corolla close to the position of the nectaries, the humble bees with their stronger mandibles biting through the sepals, while the honey bees took advantage of this pioneer work of their stronger relatives.
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LOWE, H. Bees and Scarlet-Runner Beans. Nature 107, 684 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107684b0
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