The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . Fig. 33. Sheep-Laurel. Kalmia angustifolia A regular or wheel-shaped bee-flower. The stamens are elastic and when touched bythe legs of a bee the anthers, which are held in little pockets in the corolla, are re-leased and fly upward, throwing the pollen over the bee THE FLOWER AND THE BEE of the dead-nettle {Lamluni album) is large, white or sometimesrose-colored, with the under lip pale yellow, marked with olive-colored dots; while the flowers of the hemp-nettle {Galeopsis. Fig. 34. Foxglove. Digitalis purpureaA bumblebee-flower, with the c
The flower and the bee; plant life and pollination . Fig. 33. Sheep-Laurel. Kalmia angustifolia A regular or wheel-shaped bee-flower. The stamens are elastic and when touched bythe legs of a bee the anthers, which are held in little pockets in the corolla, are re-leased and fly upward, throwing the pollen over the bee THE FLOWER AND THE BEE of the dead-nettle {Lamluni album) is large, white or sometimesrose-colored, with the under lip pale yellow, marked with olive-colored dots; while the flowers of the hemp-nettle {Galeopsis. Fig. 34. Foxglove. Digitalis purpureaA bumblebee-flower, with the corolla spotted on the lower inner side Tetrahit), so common in waste places, is purple, with a path-finder on the lower lip of a yellow spot crossed by a networkof red lines. The marvellous adaptations of flowers for effecting pollina-tion, both by their variety and ingenuity, fill us with astonish-ment, and occasionally they surpass the bounds of the wildestimagination. The opening, maturity, and fading of the flower,the various movements of its organs, the allurements of color,odor, and nectar, and the behavior of the insect guests, which BEES AS BUILDERS OF FLOWERS may number from one to more than three hundred, afford anendless field for observation. Flowers cease to be merely brightbits of color in the landscape when we know their life histories,their rivalries, and tragedies; and—yes, their comedies—wesee as upon the stage reflections of our own experiences. Thereis no more fascinating study than entering the
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