... Acid, and Cerolein, is formed by the honey-bee, and exists in the pollen and leaves of many plants, particularly in Myrica cerifera, the wax myrtle. That produced by the bee is alone official. Cera Alba, White Wax,—is ...

... kind; they will 17 Different combinations of the pollen of flowers, on which bees feed. 18 It is formed from the honey ...

... houses, for the reception of the honey and pollen. And there was a Buckingham Palace for the Queen Bee. The workers of the hive illustrated the advantages ...

... a flower in the direction of another with pollen adhering to them. In Arctic countries a bee seems to go as far N. as any ...

... Acid and Cerolein, is formed by the honey-bee, and exists in the pollen and leaves of many plants, particularly in Myrica cerifera, the wax myrtle. That produced by the bee is alone official. Cera Alba, White Wax,—is ...

... cundation, be fet on fire. XVII. Wax of bees is merely the pollen very little altered. There appears to exift in ...

... the cells. —Materials for making honey and wax.—Pollen and necta- rium of flowers.—Of the queen-bee.—Number of young.— Their education and metamorphosis.—Time ...

... require the visits of moths, to remove their pollen-masses, and thus to fertilize them. I have, also, reason to believe that humble-bees are indispensable to the fertilization of the heart's- ...

... that has a strong smell; this is termed pollen or farina, and is the substance, of which bees are supposed to make their wax. The progress of the seed to maturity,is deserving the most curious attention. First, the ... the point- al. The pollen or dust, which bursts from the anthers, is ...

... abundance. In this form of plant-life, the pollen has to be carried from plant to plant by the wings of bumble-bees! These bees go from flower to flower to ...