This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V29", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
"Apis" writes: " I do not know whether bees eat grapes or not; but this year I am nearly wild about my raspberries. I have a neighbor who keeps a large lot, with hardly anything for them to live on. The poor creatures have to forage for miles. Now, it is singular that I have had raspberries in my garden for years, and my neighbor has had bees for years, but I never had them eat raspberries before as I know. I think it is quite likely that the statements I see in bee journals that somebody put grapes and other fruits near bee-hives, and the bees would not touch them. They are evidently learners. Having at last found their way to eat a raspberry, they will, no doubt, continue to profit by their knowledge".
 
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