. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. Fig. 76. —Scrophularia Nodosa. (Young bloom.) Fig. 77.—Scrophularia Nodosa. (Old bloom.) In the common sage {Salvia officinalis) we find a very remarkble contrivance, by means of which the anthers, through a sort of hinge-like connective, are brought down on the back of a bee entering the flower. The pollen thus discharged is carried by the insect to other blossoms, in which the place of the withered stamens has been occupied by the stigma. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. Fig. 76. —Scrophularia Nodosa. (Young bloom.) Fig. 77.—Scrophularia Nodosa. (Old bloom.) In the common sage {Salvia officinalis) we find a very remarkble contrivance, by means of which the anthers, through a sort of hinge-like connective, are brought down on the back of a bee entering the flower. The pollen thus discharged is carried by the insect to other blossoms, in which the place of the withered stamens has been occupied by the stigma. 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society
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