Bees, which are descended from predatory wasps, turned from eating other insects to feeding on flowers some hundred million years ago.

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One hundred forty-four thousand flowers.

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Driving home from an operation in Middlesbrough last week I passed the spot where my accident happened, and a hundred yards down the road we saw wreaths of flowers.

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Green, black, white, oolong, hundred-year-old Pooair(ph) tea, teas that bloom like flowers in hot water, tea that is picked by monkeys on dangerous mountain cliffs.

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