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What is bee pollination?
As bees take nectar from a flower, pollen gets transferred from the stamen on to the bee's body. When the bee goes to the next flower some of this pollen is transferred to the stigma, fertilizing the flower. Once a bee starts collecting nectar from a particular type of flower it will keep going to the same type of flower as long as it can, keeping the pollen to the same type of flower.
What does the male part of a flower do it do?
The male part of a flower, called the stamen, produces pollen grains that contain the male sex cells. These pollen grains are transferred to the female part of the flower via pollination, leading to fertilization and seed production.
What do insects take to other flowers?
Pollen
What are the 3 main ways pollen is transfered?
The three main ways pollen is transferred are by wind (anemophily), by insects (entomophily), and by birds or other animals (zoophily). Each method of pollen transfer is adapted to suit the specific characteristics of the plant species involved.
What is the purpose of the flower in a flowering plant?
Flowers are the reproductive parts of the plant. Their purpose, is to attract insects and birds - which then transfer pollen from one flower to another. This triggers the reproductive system to produce seeds so that the plant can spread.
Are wind pollinated flowers petals small?
Yes, wind pollinated flower petals are small, because they do not need to be showy to attract insects.
Why do some flowers have nector?
Most plants need to have pollen transferred from one flower to another. They produce nectar to attract insects such as bees. As the insects take the nectar some of the pollen sticks to their bodies and is transferred to the next flower they visit. It could be seen as a a sort of payment by the plant for services by the insects.
Why do bugs take pollen?
insects are not looking for pollen : ) bees for example are looking for the nectar of a flower and the pollen gets stuck to their bodies, then when they go to another flower the pollen on their bodies sticks to the stomata of the flower (imagine that the pollen is the equivalent to male sperm and the stomata is the equivalent to a female genitals.) The pollen travels down the stomata to the ovum where it fertilises the seeds and they grow until they are ready to germinate : )
What are some ways that pollination can happen?
pollination may be self pollination or cross pollination. in self pollination, the pollen grains of the flower falls on the ovary. it occurs in bisexual flowers. in cross pollination, the pollen grains of one flower reaches the ovary of another flower through air, or insects or water. thus the reached pollen grain produces a pollen tube into which the male gamete enter. it reaches the ovule and fertilize with it to produce a diploid zygote.
Bees pollinate flowers what do they take from one flower to another?
Pollen.
What is the petals job on a flower?
To attracked bug (bee's) to take their pollen.
Where on the flower must pollen be put for fertilisation to take place?
Pollen must be placed on the stigma of the flower for fertilization to take place. The stigma is the receptive part of the female reproductive organs in a flower where pollen grains land and germinate to begin the process of fertilization.
