The honey-bee: its nature, homes and products
CHAPTER XXVI.
BEES IN RELATION TO FLOWERS.
Connection of Plant-life and Insect-life--Reproduction of Flowers--Intervention of Insects--Hermaphrodite Flowers --Cross-fertilisation--Cucumbers, Melons, &c.--Poplars --Firs--Epilobium or Willow Herb--Cincerarias--Darwin's Experiments--Nasturtium--Foxglove--Figwort--Salvia-- Heath--Strawberry, Raspberry, and Blackberry--Apple and Pear--Altruism of Bees.
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