A Pollen Laden Bee 
This direct color photograph print shows a bee, greatly 
enlarged, which was captured in a cactus flower. The pollen 
grains can be seen sticking to its hairy body, and the fact that, as il 
crawls into the next flower, some of this pollen will find 
lodgment on the sticky surface of a receptive stigma is 
easily realized. The bees gather pollen not only for 
distribution but for their own uses. The two 
large splotches of pollen shown beneath 
the second pair of legs are “‘pol- 
len dough’”’ which the bees 
carry heme for food. 
