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 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 beneath 

 the second pair of legs are "pol- 

 len dough" which the bees 

 carry home for food. 



