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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



style, and the pollen {pg) will escape by two pores 

 (po, E), and so possibly produce self-fertilisation. 

 But should a bee circle on the wing over the flower, 

 the legs or under side of the abdomen would first 

 touch the stigma, and, did the visitor carry pollen, 

 crossing would be the result. The tongue, now feeling 



Fig. 58.— Kalmia latifolia, Order Ericaceae. 



A, Flowering Branch. B, Expanded Flower-op, Anther Pocket. C, Section of 

 Expanded Flower— ap, ap, Anther Pockets ; ,v, Stigma ; a, Anther (free) ; pa 

 Pollen Grains in Shower; ca. Calyx. D, Section of Flower Bud-ap, Anther 

 Pocket. E, Stamen More Enlarged-a, Anther ; po, Pores ; pg, Pollen Grains ; 

 f, Filament. ' 



its way into the base of the flower, to secure nectar 

 would certainly liberate one or more of the anthers, 

 which, projecting their pollen towards the insect,' 

 would furnish it with material for fertilising some 

 other blossom. Thus, then, it is that the pollen of 

 one is carried to the stigma of another. Those un- 



