. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fic 4.—White clover flowers in third stage. Fig 2 —In madias res. Second stage of white clover heads; the older, marginal flowers point downward; the central, later flow- ers still point upward; the cluster has the form of an hour glass. shown in Fig. 3. They no longer re- quire the visits of insects. All that is left for them to do is to mature their seed, during which they turn to a dark brown color. The flowers of alsike clover heads and of yellow clover heads behave in a similar manner. Figure 5 shows the three stages or phases in the flower- clus
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fic 4.—White clover flowers in third stage. Fig 2 —In madias res. Second stage of white clover heads; the older, marginal flowers point downward; the central, later flow- ers still point upward; the cluster has the form of an hour glass. shown in Fig. 3. They no longer re- quire the visits of insects. All that is left for them to do is to mature their seed, during which they turn to a dark brown color. The flowers of alsike clover heads and of yellow clover heads behave in a similar manner. Figure 5 shows the three stages or phases in the flower- clusters of yellow clover. Another familiar plant in which the older flow- ers bend downward and change from blue purple to dark purple in color l''iG. 5. — The three stages in yellow clover; (/. flowers just beginning to bloom; /', flowers partly bent downward; i. all the flowers reflexed. pollinated by bumble-bees. There is no need of it. The floral head is much larger, and elongates so that there is a convenient landing place offered to the female and worker bumble-bees. After pollination, the flower*, beginning with those which are lowest, w'ither and turn dark brown. It is clear that it is an advantage to white clover to have flowers bend downward ; and it would be interesting to know just how this habit has arisen The fact that it is of universal occur- rence in both white and alsike clover, would indicate not only that is bene- ficial but easily acquired. As the in- ner flowers grow they tend to push backward the marginal ones ; and once these have assumed a horizontal posi- tion, gravity might pull them down- ward. If any reader can suggest a bet- ter theory I wish he would write to me about it. Waldboro, Maine. Bees in Southern Mexico BY L. K. HIRSHBERG. THE investment of American capi- tal in Mexican enterprises, as well as the unsatisfactory state of the internal affairs of our southern neighbors, makes any discussion of commercial matters in that sanguinary republ
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