. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Honeyed Clover—The " Bk(;(;ar's Tick " The red clover owes its exist- ence to the ''epicurean of June," if I may so speak of the bumble- bee. This fastidious plant, it is well known, would become ex- tinct, perish in celibacy, without the sanction of this busy little marriage-priest. Like many other members of the Pulse fam- ily, it has what would seem to us a
. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Honeyed Clover—The " Bk(;(;ar's Tick " The red clover owes its exist- ence to the ''epicurean of June," if I may so speak of the bumble- bee. This fastidious plant, it is well known, would become ex- tinct, perish in celibacy, without the sanction of this busy little marriage-priest. Like many other members of the Pulse fam- ily, it has what would seem to us a rude welcome for its guests. A shot-gun lies in wait for them loaded to the muzzle with pollen powder, and with the trigger carefully set, so that they cannot fail to press it while searching for sweets. In an endeavor to establish a clover crop in Australia, it was discovered that while the first sowed growth from imported seed thrived luxuri- antly, it ripened no seed, and thus defeated its self- perpetuance; and all because Bombus was not 43. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896; Davie, Eleanor E. New York, Newson
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