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The Fairy-Land of Science
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Arabella B. Buckley
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You
will
see
at
once
that
she
must
touch
the
stigmas
in
going
in,
and
so
give
them
any
pollen
she
has
on
her
head.
but
she
also
touches
the
little
lid
and
it
flies
instantly
open,
bringing
the
glands
at
the
end
of
the
pollen-masses
against
her
head.
These
glands
are
moist
and
sticky,
and
while
she
is
gnawing
the
inside
of
the
spur
they
dry
a
little
and
cling
to
her
head
and
she
brings
them
out
with
her.
Darwin
once
caught
a
bee
with
as
many
as
sixteen
of
these
pollen-masses
clinging
to
her
head.
But
if
the
bee
went
into
the
next
flower
with
these
pollinia
sticking
upright,
she
would
simply
put
them
into
the
same
slits
in
the
next
flower,
she
would
not
touch
them
against
the
stigma.
Nature,
however,
has
provided
against
this.
As
the
bee
flies
along,
the
glands
sticking
to
its
head
dry
more
and
more,
and
as
they
dry
they
curl
up
and
drag
the
pollen-masses
down,
so
that
instead
of
standing
upright,
as
in
1,
Fig.
63,
they
point
forwards,
as
in
2.
And
now,
when
the
bee
goes
into
the
next
flower,
she
will
thrust
them
right
against
the
sticky
stigmas,
and
as
they
cling
there
the
fine
threads
which
hold
the
grains
together
break
away,
and
the
flower
is
fertilized.
If
you
will
gather
some
of
these
orchids
during
your
next
spring
walk
in
the
woods,
and
will
put
a
pencil
down
the
tube
to
represent
the
head
of
the
bee
you
may
see
the
little
box
open,
and
the
two
pollen-masses
cling
to
the
pencil.
Then
if
you
draw
it
out
you
may
see
them
gradually
bend
forwards,
and
by
thrusting
your
pencil
into
the
next
flower
you
may
see
the
grains
of
pollen
bread
away,
and
you
will
have
followed
out
the
work
of
a
bee.
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