The Bee. The Beet. The Beetle.

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Good Mr. Darwin once contended

That Beetles were from Bees descended,

And as my pictures show I think

The Beet must be the missing link.

The sugar-beet and honey-bee

Supply the Beetle's pedigree:

The family is now complete,—

The Bee, the Beetle and the Beet.

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