. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. IT, 1914.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 enable them more readily to get to the nectary, and there is no doubt our hive bees use this very ready though illegitimate means to some extent, but not to the total rejection of the proper way. It must be remembered that when the beans are in bloom a very large amount of pollen is required by the bees, and is actually carried into the hive. In bean honey we find a good number of pollen Its form is cylindrical having slightly flattened ends, and the grains are often found clinging together end
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. IT, 1914.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 enable them more readily to get to the nectary, and there is no doubt our hive bees use this very ready though illegitimate means to some extent, but not to the total rejection of the proper way. It must be remembered that when the beans are in bloom a very large amount of pollen is required by the bees, and is actually carried into the hive. In bean honey we find a good number of pollen Its form is cylindrical having slightly flattened ends, and the grains are often found clinging together end to end as shown in No. 1. When a grain is viewed from a certain position it appears slightly dumb-bell shaped, as seen in the third one of Fig. 1. Its measurement when dry is T«mrin. by TT^T) in. When placed in honey it becomes more transparent, and three equi-distant. In 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 London
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