Archive image from page 308 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( BEES AS FERTILISERS. 281 in the filament, until they stand just over the stigma, so that a bee, entering, could not fail to get dusted on the breast with pollen (now beginning to be shed), as the tongue is stretched out, and the head pushed forward to reach the sweet secretion in the spur. The anthers, continuing to reach maturity, follow th
Archive image from page 308 of Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee CUbiodiversity1154323 Year: 1886 ( BEES AS FERTILISERS. 281 in the filament, until they stand just over the stigma, so that a bee, entering, could not fail to get dusted on the breast with pollen (now beginning to be shed), as the tongue is stretched out, and the head pushed forward to reach the sweet secretion in the spur. The anthers, continuing to reach maturity, follow their leaders, one by one, and, during the time that their pollen is being liberated by dehiscence (gaping of the pollen pouches), they stand in front of, or close Fig. 55.—Flowers of majus (Garden Nasturtium), Order Geraniacece (Natural Size). A Young Flower (part removed)—a, a, Anthers; s, Stigma ; h, Hairs to save Nectar from Rain; n, Nectary, or Spur. B, Older Flower—a, Withered Anthers ; s', Receptive Stigma; h', Hairs ; n', Nectary. to, the stigma. This process occupies from three to seven days, during which time the flower is, in func- tion, male only, although, as carrying both anther and pistil, it would be classed as hermaphrodite, or of double gender. The anthers now begin to drop off, the first to mature being, of course, the first to fade, and the filaments which bore them, and carried them into position, now shrivel somewhat, and droop, occupy- ing the position shown at a', B. But the style, mean-
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