The queen of all hobbies

By Megan Backhouse
Updated May 2 2013 - 5:09pm, first published January 19 2013 - 3:00am
Catherine Eldridge tends her 'cranky' bees.
Catherine Eldridge tends her 'cranky' bees.

SOME flowers, such as the sweet pea, are structured so that only an insect as heavy as a bee can pollinate them. Some, the foxglove, for example, come with showy, speckled markings that guide the bee to their nectar. There is no insect that pollinates more plants than the bee.

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