THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE APPLE 
FBOM THE FLOWER 
While climbing about the flower to reach 
the nectar the bee brushes against the sta¬ 
mens, or the male parts of the flower. From 
the little sac-like enlargements or anthers at 
the top of the stamens it receives a deposit 
of a powdery substance called pollen (the 
fecundating cells). You are likely familiar 
with the sight of a bee laden with pollen. 
If the little winged creature is closely ex¬ 
amined it will be found that it carries the 
pollen in little collecting-baskets formed of 
stiff hairs on the tibia of each hind leg. 
Under a low-power hand lens it can be seen 
that the pollen catches on to other parts of 
the bee’s body. Now, when the bee rises to 
fly to a second flower (and it visits only one 
kind of a flower on a single trip) it may 
brush off a little pollen on the top of the 
stigma of the first flower; but since the stig¬ 
ma is raised above the stamens, as shown in 
the accompanying diagram, the chances are 
not as great as when the bee alights on a 
second flower. When it alights on the second 
