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BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



into the corolla mouth, gives up the burden, of 

 which it is unconscious, on to the stigmatic face, 

 now waiting to receive it. If a pencil be passed 

 into the mouth of a flower of Salvia patens or 

 S. fulgens— both of which, on account of their great 

 length of corolla, are desirable for illustration— the 



Fig. 67.— Blossom of Salvia officinalis, Order Labiatce (Natural Size). 

 A, Young Flower, showing aborted Anther Cell. B, Older Flower, showing Stigma. 



C, Section of Young Flower— a, Anther Cell ; ac, Aborted Cell ; c, Connective ; 

 /, Filament ; hi, Hinge of Filament ; eo, Corolla ; ca, Calyx ; st, Style ; s, Stiff 

 Attachment of Filament I, Labium ; h, Interior Hairs ; ng, Nectar Gland. 



D, Section of Young Flower, with Bee entering ; Lettering as before. E, Section 

 of Base of Flower flattened out, Lower Part shown — st, Style ; s and /, Stiff 

 Attachment of Filament of Pollen-bearing Anther ; aa, Aborted Anther ; 

 h, Interior Hairs ; ca, Calyx ; ng, Nectar Gland. 



descent of the anther, attached to a connective, 

 perhaps an inch in length, and looking like a mimic 

 chopper, the blow of which decorates the pencil, 

 cannot fail to cause astonishment. Indeed, I can 

 hardly imagine any sight more curious than that pre- 



