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 he seen sticking to its hairy 

 body, and the fact that, as it 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 be- 

 neath the second pair of legs are ''pollen 

 dough" or ''bee bread" which the bees 

 carry home for food. 



