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MR. JOHN PRYCE-JONES, who is a physical chemist, discusses "Some Problems Associated with Nectar, Honey and Pollen" in forty-five pages of the Journal of the Linnean Society (Pt. 2, 1942–43). This critical résumé will be most valuable to future workers in the same field. A strong case can be made out for further work. The honey bee in Great Britain contributes, by its pollinating activities alone, £4,000,000 a year to the economy of fruit-growing and seed production. An annual expenditure on research of £4,000 would show a return of 10 : 1 if it only increased efficiency by one per cent per annum; incidentally, in the U.S.S.R. the figure is £40,000,000 a year.
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WEDMORE, E. Factors in the Production of Honey. Nature 153, 578–579 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153578a0
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