. Foundations of Botany. Botany. Fig. 252. —Bees visiting Flowers. At the left a bumblebee on the flower of the dead nettle ; below a similar bee in the flower of the horse-chestnut; above a honey-bee in the flower of a violet. some plants, as the common catchfly, there is a sticky ring about the peduncle, some distance below the flowers, and this forms an effectual barrier against ants and like insects. Very frequently the calyx tube is covered with hairs, which are sometimes sticky. How these thickets of hairs may appear to a very small insect can perhaps be more easily realized by looking a
. Foundations of Botany. Botany. Fig. 252. —Bees visiting Flowers. At the left a bumblebee on the flower of the dead nettle ; below a similar bee in the flower of the horse-chestnut; above a honey-bee in the flower of a violet. some plants, as the common catchfly, there is a sticky ring about the peduncle, some distance below the flowers, and this forms an effectual barrier against ants and like insects. Very frequently the calyx tube is covered with hairs, which are sometimes sticky. How these thickets of hairs may appear to a very small insect can perhaps be more easily realized by looking at the considerably. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn & company
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