. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. 248 THE HONEY-BEE. of the willow are abundantly visited, and the diffu- sion of their fertilising powder is thus greatly pro- moted. The same may be said about the poplar, and, in all probability, the gathering of propolis from trees of the fir-tribe makes the bee the unconscious, but useful, instrument of carrying pollen from the catkins to the cones, though, from the abundance of the powder, and the openness of the scales of the cones, the wind is a sufficiently effective agent for its conveyance in this order of Please note that
. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. 248 THE HONEY-BEE. of the willow are abundantly visited, and the diffu- sion of their fertilising powder is thus greatly pro- moted. The same may be said about the poplar, and, in all probability, the gathering of propolis from trees of the fir-tribe makes the bee the unconscious, but useful, instrument of carrying pollen from the catkins to the cones, though, from the abundance of the powder, and the openness of the scales of the cones, the wind is a sufficiently effective agent for its conveyance in this order of 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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