BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



The eight anthers now begin to shed pollen, which 

 bees industriously gather. In two or three days 

 when the anthers have exhausted themselves, the 



Fig. 57.— Epilobium angustifolium (Rosebay Willow Herb), Order 

 Onagracece. 



A, Young Flower-*, Stigma turned back; a, Anthers; I, Lobe, or Pod 

 B Older Flower-*, Stigma, turned forward ; a, AntrWs ; I, Lobe C Spike 

 of Flowery D, Section of Pollen Grain-e, Extine ; i, Intine ti Thick 



?F^iii^ F ;^feie E nS D r gPointof Pollen Grain -* ; «> *»- •> *&2£ 



style straightens, lengthens to its full dimensions, 

 and spreads its four stigmas (which previously had 



