. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. BEES AS FERTILISERS. 315 vivifying element (the pollen), in the form of granules, collected in two cells, has here a peculiar structure : its cells are two, but they are so widely separated (a', a',C) as almost to appear like two separate anthers ; while the pollen they contain coheres in masses (pollinia, f>o, D), held together by internal elastic. Fig. 68.—Orchid (Order Orchidacea-) Blossoms and Details. A, Flow
. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. BEES AS FERTILISERS. 315 vivifying element (the pollen), in the form of granules, collected in two cells, has here a peculiar structure : its cells are two, but they are so widely separated (a', a',C) as almost to appear like two separate anthers ; while the pollen they contain coheres in masses (pollinia, f>o, D), held together by internal elastic. Fig. 68.—Orchid (Order Orchidacea-) Blossoms and Details. A, Flower of Orchis Mario, Sepals, two Petals, and side of Spur removed, with Apis MeUifiea (ap). Hive Bee, sucking Nectar—a, Anther; po, Pollinium or Pollen Mass ; r, Rostellum ; si. Stigma (side view); I, Labellum ; ov, Ovary ; n, Nectary ; br, Bract. B, Bee fertilising Orchix Mario—a, Anther with Pollinium removed ; po, Pollinium, attached to Bee's Head and applied to Stigma ; other Letterings as before. C, Front View of Orchis Mario, Magnified Three times, Sepals and two Petals removed—Ir, Lip of Rostellum ; /, /, Fissures in Front of Anther Cells (a',a); other Letterings as before. D, Pollen Masses, &c.—po, Pollinia ; c,Cau- dicle ; vd, Viscid Disc ; tiff, Viscid Globe ; Ir, Lip of (r) Rostellum. B, Head of Bee, carrying (po) Pollinium—an, Antenna*. F, Position of—po, Pollinia (thirty seconds later), partially depressed. G, Head of Bee—an, Antenna*; po, Pollinia (sixty seconds later) fully depressed. H, Pollen Granides (much magnified), held in packets by thin elastic threads. I, Head of Bee, carrying (j>o) Pollinia of one of the Vandece—an, Antenna*.. 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 Cheshire, Frank Richard, 1833?-1894. London, L. U. Gill
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