The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

172 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.the bees, who add to their other industrythat of horticulturists. These bees are thepollen-bearers,-the recogilized local carriers,regularly on the road,-doing the workwhich the flowers, in lack of locomotivepower, could not do for each other. Or,looking at the relation of things from anotherpoint of view, the bees are at thesame time gathering the honey, and sowingthe seed for a future harvest. This referenceto the honey, however, introduces tonotice a companion series of fact's, showingthe provision in completed form for an interchangeof services. The plants supply an attractionto the animals, while the animalsrender a service to the plants. This phaseof interdependence is made more coiispicuousby the contrast apparent in the structure andfunctions of plants fertilized by. the wind,such as the larger shrubs and trees, which asthey present a greater surface to the breeze,do not call for the same detailed provision forcarrying the pollen. In contrast with thesemore bulky representatives of the vegetablekingdom, the more lowly and insignificant insize, as well as more short-lived, presentmany attractions in color, scent, and secre-