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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Now
look
for
the
stamens;
there
are
four
of
them,
two
long
and
two
short,
and
they
are
quite
hidden
under
the
hood
which
forms
the
top
of
the
flower.
How
will
the
bee
touch
them?
If
you
were
to
watch
one,
you
would
find
that
when
the
bee
alights
on
the
broad
lip
and
thrusts
her
head
down
the
tube,
she
first
of
all
knows
her
back
against
the
little
forked
tip.
This
is
the
sticky
stigma,
and
she
leaves
there
any
dust
she
has
brought
from
another
flower;
then,
as
she
must
push
far
in
to
reach
the
honey,
before
she
comes
out
again
has
carried
away
the
yellow
powder
on
her
back,
ready
to
give
it
to
the
next
flower.
Do
you
remember
how
we
noticed
at
the
beginning
of
the
lecture
that
a
bee
always
likes
to
visit
the
same
kind
of
plant
in
one
journey?
You
see
now
that
this
is
very
useful
to
the
flowers.
If
the
bee
went
from
a
dead-nettle
to
a
geranium,
the
dust
would
be
lost,
for
it
would
be
of
no
use
to
any
other
plant
but
a
dead-
nettle.
But
since
the
bee
likes
to
get
the
same
kind
of
honey
each
journey,
she
goes
to
the
same
kind
of
flowers,
and
places
the
pollen-dust
just
where
it
is
wanted.
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