Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1918 — Protect the Bumblebee. [ARTICLE]

Protect the Bumblebee.

Expert agriculturists In Australia and the Philippine islands realized the importance of the bumblebee to the clover crop, and Imported immense numbers of them to help along the crops of their countries. The bumblebee is a tireless worker and keeps steadily to the business of protecting our interests. If he went on strike or were d/iven away, as might have happened not so long ago, when everybody considered all insects a pest the parasites would soon get the upper hand and destroy our clover crops.