. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. BEES AS FERTILISERS. 315 vivifying element (the pollen), in the form of granule! collected in two cells, has here a peculiar structure \ its cells are two, but they are so widely separated (a',a,C) as almost to appear like two separate anthers ; while the pollen they contain . coheres in masses (pollinia, po, D), held together by internal elastic &-. a &0. Fig. 68.—Orchid (Order Orchidacecv) Blossoms and Deta
. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. BEES AS FERTILISERS. 315 vivifying element (the pollen), in the form of granule! collected in two cells, has here a peculiar structure \ its cells are two, but they are so widely separated (a',a,C) as almost to appear like two separate anthers ; while the pollen they contain . coheres in masses (pollinia, po, D), held together by internal elastic &-. a &0. Fig. 68.—Orchid (Order Orchidacecv) Blossoms and Details. A, Flower of Orchis Morio, Sepals, two Petals, and side of Spur removed, with Apis Mellifica (ap), Hive Bee, sucking Nectar—a, Anther ; po, Pollinium or Pollen Mass ; r, Rostellum ; st, Stigma (side view); I, Labellum ; ov, Ovary ; n, Nectary ; br, Bract. B, Bee fertilising Orchis Morio—a, Anther with Pollinium removed ; po, Pollinium, attached to Bee's Head and applied to Stigma ; other Letterings as before. C, Front View of Orchis Morio, Magnified Three times, Sepals and two Petals removed—It, Lip of Rostellum ; /, /, Fissures in Front of Anther Cells (a', a!) ; other Letterings as before. D, Pollen Masses, &c.—po, Pollinia ; c, Cau- dicle ; vd, Viscid Disc ; vg, Viscid Globe; Ir, Lip of (>•) Rostellum. E, Head of Bee, carrying (po) Pollinium—an, Antenna3. F, Position of—po, Pollinia (thirty seconds later), partially depressed. G, Head of Bee—an, Antennae ; po, Pollinia (sixty seconds later) fully depressed. H, Pollen Granules (much magnified), held'in packets by thin elastic threads. I, Head of Bee, carrying (jjo) Pollinia of one of the Yandex—an, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cheshire, Frank Richard, 1833?-1894. London, L. U. Gill
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