honey-bearing

But surely the more we pry into the methods by which results are brougt about, the more stupendous and wonderful becomes the great unseen power which lies behind, the power which drifts the solar system in safety through space, and yet adjusts the length of the insects proboscis to the depth of the honey-bearing flower.

The Stark Munro Letters 1894

But surely the more we pry into the methods by which results are brougt {sic} about, the more stupendous and wonderful becomes the great unseen power which lies behind, the power which drifts the solar system in safety through space, and yet adjusts the length of the insects proboscis to the depth of the honey-bearing flower.

The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Sowerby's plate of it under the name 'palustris' is pale purple veined with darker; and the spur is said to be 'honey-bearing,' which is the first mention I find of honey in the violet.

Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers John Ruskin 1859

In temperate latitudes we find many flowers fertilised by insects, attracted by honey-bearing nectaries; and in tropical America not only bees, moths, and other large insects carry the pollen from one flower to another, but many flowers, like the Marcgravia, are specially adapted to secure the aid of small birds, particularly humming-birds, for this purpose.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Buckwheat is uncertain in its honey-bearing qualities; in some seasons, it yields next to none, and hardly a bee will be seen upon a large field, while in others, it furnishes an extraordinary supply.

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual 1852

It is to be found in most places where honey-bearing flowers or trees are to be seen.

Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832

Its range, however, is as far as to the parallel of 30 degrees, beyond which point, as the majority of the honey-bearing trees cease, the larger

Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832

It hath no petals; but a very fmall, cylindrical, truncat - ed, honey-bearing Glan4 or Neffcarium, in the cen - ter of the flower.

Arbustrum Americanum = The American grove, or, An alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy 1785