... vegetable genera- tion. By robbing plants of their pollen, do not bees contribute not a little to that vast variety ... urged in support of this conjecture. To the pollen of vegeta- bles and the labour of the bees, mankind are indebted for a very im- portant ...

... plant ess) 1 (Pr Spm/pr +) © “ae 3, “bee From pollen = cultures 6880 and 6881, table :» From self-pollinated ...

... plant ess) 1 (Pr Spm/pr +) © “ae 3, “bee From pollen = cultures 6880 and 6881, table :» From self-pollinated ...

... The flowers do not secrete nectar but the bees are attracted by pollen in the open flower head and the pollen ... actual speed. Model shown with stigma Projecting, model bee again visits it carrying pollen on its body from another flower. GERMINATION—-PHOTOMICROGRAPH ...

... one time sup- posed to be merely the pollen of plants elaborated by bees. Bonnet, however, so early as 1768, asserted it ... assertion. The latter writer, indeed, proved that the pollen is not at all essential to the production of wax, for bees fed on honey and waler equally secreted it, ...

... yellow dust in these flowers? It is called pollen. When the bee goes from flower to flower, it often carries ... STORY OF LIFE 359 off quickly. Still, this pollen plays a most important part in the making of flower seeds. When the bees and the butterflies fly into the center of ...

... leave the hive. I cannot, therefore, believe that pollen furnishes food for the bees, but I think they only swallow it, in ... course of a few days. Now, if the pollen were really nourishment for bees, they ought to be able to support life ...

... leave the hive. I cannot, therefore, believe that pollen furnishes food for the bees, but I think they only swallow it, in ... course of a few days. Now, if the pollen were really nourishment for bees, they ought to be able to support life ...

... leave the hive. I cannot, therefore, believe that pollen furnishes food for the bees, but I think they only swallow it in ... course of a few days. Now, if the pollen were really nourishment for bees, they ought to be able to support life ...

... the hive. I cannot, there- fore, believe that pollen furnishes food for the bees, but I think they only swallow it in ... course of a few days. Now, if the pollen were really nourishment for bees, they ought to be able to support life ...