Category: Science
Created by: absit.nomen
Number of Blossarys: 5
English (EN) 
The thorax is the midsection (tagma) of a bee's body. It holds the head, legs, wings and abdomen. It is also called mesosoma in other arthropods. It is formed by the prothorax, mesothorax and ...
The style in a flower is a pillar-like stalk through which pollen tubes grow to reach the ovary. Styles are always tube-like — either long or short. The style can be open (containing few or no cells ...
The sting of a bee has two lancelets supported by hard plates. Strong muscles are connected to poison gland surround the sting. The purpose of a sting is defense, however once a honey bee stings, it ...
Stigma is usually found at the tip of the style, the portion of the carpel that receives pollen (male gametophytes). It is commonly sticky or feathery to capture pollen.
Stamens consist of two parts: a stalk called a filament, topped by an anther where pollen is produced by meiosis and eventually dispersed. The "male" part of the flower.
Bees have two sets of eyes: simple and compound eyes. There is three of the simple eyes and they are shaped in a triangle. They help the bee to determine the amount of light present.
Sepal is the outermost whorl of the flower consists of units called sepals; these are typically green and enclose the rest of the flower in the bud stage, however, they can be absent or prominent and ...
