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	Hull LBAP : Bee Orchid
		The Bee Orchid is a perennial and the annual cycle is distinctive.
		Bee Orchids are locally common in Hull and large populations occur on a number of sites around the City.
		Bee Orchids are often found growing with Yellow-wort and may require similar management.
	www.hull.ac.uk /HBP/ActionPlan/BeeOrchid.htm (684 words)

	Bee Orchid - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) is a rare and protected perennial, growing on semi-dry turf, on limestone, calcareous dunes or in open areas in woodland.
		The Bee Orchid occurs all across Europe to the Levant.
		The Bee orchid is rarely visited by insects, the flowers are self-pollinating.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bee_Orchid (170 words)

	Bee Orchid - Picture - MSN Encarta
		The bee orchid ensures pollination by mimicking the shape of a female bee.
		Fooled by the resemblance to a female, a male bee visits the flower, where he collects pollen on his legs and body.
		This mutually advantageous mimicry ensures the survival of the bee orchid species and offers bees a reliable source of nectar.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461542195/Bee_Orchid.html (67 words)

	Orchid Bee: pictures, information, classification and more
		Male orchid bees are especially attracted to orchids, from which they collect fragrant oils that are stored in specialized receptacles on the hind legs.
		Orchid bees are believed to forage on specific plants along set routes, a behavior known as traplining.
		Parasitic orchid bees are in the genus Exaraete.
	www.everythingabout.net /articles/biology/animals/arthropods/insects/bees/orchid_bee (526 words)

	Species of orchid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Saprophytic orchids also have underground roots, but they lack chlorophyll, their leaves being generally small and yellowish, and have lost the power to photosynthesize.
		One of the smallest orchids found growing as epiphytes (depending on other for food) on the trees bark in lowland evergreen forests of the southern region.
		Pecteilis sagarikii is a terrestrial orchid native to Thailand.
	www.articleboom.com /Homegarden/garden/SPECIESOFORCHID.htm (1602 words)

	Orchids ... a witness to the Creator
		These bees have collecting organs on their modified forelegs which pass the odour to pockets in the hind legs, from which it can be released to attract females for mating.
		The surface of the orchid is slimy, which causes the bee to slip and fall into the 'bucket' that contains a pool of liquid dripping from a gland above.
		The bucket orchid's mechanism involves at least five separate functions, which must work in the correct sequence—attracting the bee, causing it to fall into the bucket, the provision of the gland to keep the bucket 'topped up' with liquid, provision of a tunnel exit, and the devices for attachment and removal of the pollen sacs.
	www.answersingenesis.org /creation/v19/i1/orchids.asp (1045 words)

	orchid bee - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Orchid Bee, common name for a group of brightly colored tropical bees.
		Orchid bees are also known as gold bees.
		Honey Bee, common name for any of several species of highly social bees known for their honey-hoarding behavior and their use as a domesticated...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /orchid_bee.html (116 words)

	Bee Information
		Drone bees are the male bees of the colony.
		The primary purpose of a drone bee is to fertilize a new queen.
		Bees use these to find the entrance to their colony or hive, and they release them on flowers so other bees know which flowers have nectar.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/bee-information.htm (1135 words)

	British Wild Flowers Gallery
		Orchids have fascinated both botanists and lay-people for many hundreds of years and it is not difficult to see why.
		Like many orchids, the red helleborine is capable of growing and flowering in quite deep shade and, if conditions become too adverse, it is able to lead a subterranean existence for many years until conditions become more favourable.
		It is far less showy than the Bee Orchid and smaller in stature; most of the flower being green and brown and typically reaching only four inches in height.
	www.users.dircon.co.uk /~pnielsen/wflowers.htm (1468 words)

	Allah Exists.com - This site is based on the works of Harun Yahya.
		This species of orchid is even able to give off a suitable chemical signal to attract male bees, and produces an effective pheromone (a special chemical).
		The Cyprus bee orchid is another of the plants which imitate insects to ensure their fertilization.
		Bees and other insects, on the other hand, are unable to fertilize flowers with long corolla (petals) tubes.
	www.allahexists.com /plants/plants_06.php (774 words)

	NATURE. Obsession With Orchids. Beautiful Deceivers \| PBS
		The frustrated bees eventually give up, but not before the plants -- specially designed to glue their pollen sacs onto the insects' legs -- have tricked the bees into unknowingly carrying the pollen from one flower to another.
		Orchid seeds only germinate when exposed to a special fungus that growers can replicate with a gelatinous mixture of sugar and nutrients.
		And when he does, the orchid secretly glues two plump pods of pollen onto the bee's back, which will be removed when he falls into another flower's pool of desire.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/orchids/deceivers.html (514 words)

	orchids
		Orchids require bright light and should optimally be placed in a southern or southeastern window.
		Group your orchids together in the window or under the light but allow them "elbow" room so that the light is evenly distributed on the leaf surface of each plant.
		Orchids are extremely susceptible to this gas and must be distanced from the sources: apple, avocado, papaya, peach, pear, plum, passion fruit, etc.
	www.typowriters.com /Lin/Orchids/orchids.html (1119 words)

	Orchid Bee - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Orchid Bee - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bee, common name for a winged, flower-feeding insect with branched body hairs.
		- bee that collects orchid nectar: a bee that is brightly colored and collects nectar from orchids with its long tongue.
	encarta.msn.com /Orchid_Bee.html (131 words)

	MiamiHerald.com \| 11/12/2006 \| Orchid bees adjust without orchids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		A male orchid bee lands on a flower and secretes lipids from glands around his mouth onto the flower petal to dissolve the fragrance compounds.
		If a female orchid bee wanders into his territory, he places a touch of perfume on velvety pads on his middle legs, which he then fans to send the enticement in her direction.
		All of this means the orchid bee is able to live in Florida because males and females can find everything they need: fragrant compounds for courtship, nectar for food, and pollen and resin for brood cells.
	www.miami.com /mld/miamiherald/living/home/gardening/15982210.htm (897 words)

	Wild Plants of Malta and Gozo - Plant: Ophrys fusca (Sombre Bee orchid)
		The Sombre Bee Orchid is a small erect plant with a basal rosette of 4 to 6 leaves and a flowering stem that can raise up to 35cm.
		The orchid soon begins to digest the fungal tissue and this acts as a food supply for the plant until it is able to obtain nutrients from decaying material in the soil [200].
		The male pollinating bee does not enter the plant head first but goes in the other way round, that is, abdomen first, in an attempt to copulate with the plant.
	www.marz-kreations.com /WildPlants/ORCH/Ophrys_fusca.html (4544 words)

	The Story of Orchids - The North of England Orchid Society
		Some orchids rely on crawling insects to pollinate them, and will produce long petals which trail downwards until they touch the ground or another object, thus creating a pathway to their flowers.
		Darwin reasoned that as the orchid was white, and only fragrant at night then the pollinator must be a moth, and that to be able to feed from the orchid the moth must have a tongue at least 18 inches long, unfortunately it was not until after
		Orchids were on this Planet long before man arrived, and despite our efforts to cut back forests, pollute the air and generally interfere with the ecology of the world as only we can it is probable that they will be there long after we have gone.
	www.orchid.org.uk /orchidstories.htm (977 words)

	Charliesbirdblog: Fly Orchid, Bee Orchid, and Fly x Bee hybrid
		Fly Orchids are rather slender plants found typically in the Beech woods of Kent and Surrey, and less often in dry grassland and scrub on calcareous soils.
		The superficially insect-like flowers comprise greenish sepals and thin, brown and antennae-like upper petals; the lower petal is elongated with two side lobes and is maroon with a metallic blue patch (called a 'speculum', ie the same as the blaze on a duck's wing).
		The similarly insect-like Bee Orchid is a common plant around the Mediterranean eastwards to the Black Sea but is less common in its northern range being uncommon or local in Germany and Ireland.
	www.charliesbirdblog.com /~charlie/flyorchid/flyorchid.html (304 words)

	The Orchid in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In most people’s minds the term "orchid" portrays a vision of a large exotic flower entirely dependant upon the excesses of temperature and humidity of the tropical rain forest for survival and growth.
		Orchid flowers are characterised by the development of one petal of the perianth.
		The biology of the orchid is quite specific and obviously contributes to the rarity of some species in the British Isles.
	www.bsp.org.uk /newsarc/orchid.html (555 words)

	Bee Orchid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) is a perennial, temperate climate species of orchid generally found growing on semi-dry turf, on limestone, calcareous dunes or in open areas in woodland.
		The Bee Orchid is a common plant around the Mediterranean eastwards to the Black Sea but is less common in its northern range being uncommon or local in Germany and Ireland.
		The Bee Orchid is the county flower of Bedfordshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bee_Orchid (272 words)

	Animal Planet :: News :: Study Probes Bee Legs
		April 27, 2006 — Many flying bees dangle their legs as though they forgot to pull up their landing gear, but a new study has found that by extending their hind legs, bees can kick into maximum flying speed, which helps the buzzing insects to flee from predators, zip around in wind storms and more.
		Bees may reach a maximum flight speed of 23.8 feet per second, but at that speed, the insects can lose stability to the point where they may roll, fly upside down and even crash to the ground.
		Combes said bee flying might inspire new miniature aircraft designs that incorporate a device that functions like bee legs, which are structured somewhat like airplane wings.
	animal.discovery.com /news/briefs/20060424/bee.html?source=rss (735 words)

	Orchid Wildflowers - by Provence Beyond
		The members of the genus Ophrys are the "bee" orchids.
		They have no nectar and so have cunningly developed their flowers to resemble insects such as bees, flies or spiders feeding on a flower.
		When the attracted insect is on the flower, the pollen rubs across their back, to be carried away when they leave.
	www.beyond.fr /flora/orchidbee.html (309 words)

	NATURE. Obsession With Orchids. Printable Page \| PBS
		But unlike those flowers, the fake butterfly orchids offer no nectar to the visiting insects, and simply use them to spread their pollen from flower to flower.
		Still other orchids appear to be an enemy to a pollinating insect -- prompting an attack that allows the flower, once again, to give its pollen a free ride.
		In a famous example, he described an orchid from Madagascar that had a foot-deep nectar well that kept the sweet liquid far out of reach of all known butterflies and moths.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/orchids/print/deceivers.html (871 words)

	bulletin: The University of Sussex Newsletter Honey to the Bee-Orchid Friday 4th June 1999
		The orchids are grown from seed germinated at Kew, as part of the Sainsbury Orchid Project, which aims to generate plants from suitable sources to re-establish native orchid populations in the field.
		Male bees are attracted, attempt to copulate with the flower, and depart frustrated, but with a sticky package of pollen.
		So the orchids are fertilised by the fruitless mating attempts of the bees, a marvel of vegetable love.
	www.sussex.ac.uk /press_office/bulletin/04jun99/article3.html (242 words)

	Evolution: Library: Mimicry: The Orchid and the Bee
		This photograph, from The Sex Life of Flowers by Meeuse and Morris, is an example of mimicry in which the orchid has evolved to resemble a female bee.
		As many as 10,000 species of dainty orchids in the floral world also utilize deception in order to be get pollinated: Over time, they have evolved elaborate ruses to lure insects.
		For example, the Australian hammer orchid has taken advantage of a mating ritual of the Thynnid wasp, which involves a female wasp waiting on top of a branch or plant for a male to spot her.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/evolution/library/01/1/l_011_02.html (445 words)

	Another Bucket
		The orchid provides nectar and a place for the ants to nest, and in return the ants act as a police force protecting the plant against herbivores.
		The bee flies to the flower landing on the raised part of the flower called the "hypochile." When the bee searches for the source of scent, he goes under the hood of the flower where he inevitability looses his footing and falls into the flower's special bucket formed by the flower's labellum.
		This time, however, when the bee crawls through the tunnel and pushes past the stigma, the pollen packet attached to his back is removed and pollinates the flower.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/orchid_gardening/42230 (383 words)

	Bee-Eater - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Bee-Eater, common name for any member of a family of birds whose diet consists almost entirely of bees and wasps.
		Bee, any of the insects that constitute a superfamily belonging to the order Hymenoptera, which also includes wasps and ants.
		- bee-eating bird: a brightly coloured bird that eats flying insects, especially bees and wasps.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Bee-Eater.html (103 words)

	British orchid genera 2. Ophrys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The little orchids were sad and, lonely because their labellum was not at all modified as a landing platform or decorated to attract insects.
		The little orchid did not mind, for she glowed in the secure knowledge that she was the first of her kind to experience the delights of cross-pollination.
		Sad and lonely, the little Bee Orchids had to revert to self-pollination, thus making generations of quite beautiful identical babies who grew up to be clones of their quite beautiful selves.
	www.anos.org.au /groups/newzealand/british/ophrys.htm (600 words)

	CMR International
		Darwin was fascinated by orchids; in his Origin of Species he mentioned the 'inexhaustible number of contrivances' by which orchids ensure their pollination, pointing out that these would have entailed changes in every part of the flower.
		Bucket orchids are pollinated by the males of two species of bee-Euglossa meriana and Euglossa cordata-which themselves are specially designed for the task.
		The bucket orchid's mechanism involves at least five separate functions, which must work in the correct sequence-attracting the bee, causing it to fall into the bucket, the provision of the gland to keep the bucket 'topped up' with liquid, provision of a tunnel exit, and the devices for attachment and removal of the pollen sacs.
	www.cmrinternational.net /bucketorchid.html (951 words)

	Phantom Orchid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Phantom Orchids grow only in dark conifer forests where there is little undergrowth From afar, it appears ghostly as its white spikes rise out of the soil, hence its name.
		When a bee lands on the lip, she pushes her way into the cup created by the divided bottom petal to get to the nectar.
		And on to the next orchid the bee goes with the new pollen attached to her head...
	www.naturepark.com /porchid.htm (473 words)

	Orchid species of Monkton Nature Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The pyramid orchid grows in a location much grazed by rabbits.
		There are a number of losses because the plants are often not seen in time to have rabbit guards fitted.
		This lady brought a number of specimens over from Spain many years ago and has maintained a colony of plants in pots on her patio.
	members.aol.com /rstilkent/orchids.htm (298 words)

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