THE WONDER JELLY FOR QUEEN BEES – POLLEN
Every time sensational articles about pollen appeared in newspapers and magazines, the questions would be asked. ‘What actually is pollen? Is it a product of the food industry or of nature?’
According to the biblical account of the Creation, pollen existed long before man. The earth had to be thoughtfully prepared for man’s existence. For this reason, the plant world had to be made first, then came the animals and finally, man. So pollen existed even before the bees started flying from flower to flower. Pollen contains the male gametes of plants, which are essential to their propagation. Perhaps the wind carried these reproductive cells; otherwise the plants could not have been fertilised or pollinated before the arrival of insects. Today, bees are especially responsible for pollination, together with the wind. We have probably watched these busy insects in their constant activity many times. When bees visit individual flowers with their untiring zeal in gathering nectar, they collect something else at the same time. Their little legs touch the pollen, which in turn sticks to them in tiny grains, making the bees look as if they were wearing tiny yellow pants.
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