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Pollen is a powdery substance produced by plants and can be found on the stamens inside their flowering bodies.
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How is the brightness of the goldenrod helpful to insects?
by giving pollen and nectar
What is an important source of particles in the atmosphere?
Pollen
What city has the lowest pollen count?
according to this source, Cleveland, OH has the lowest pollen counts of a "midwest" city. http://www.allergydiagnostics.com/news.htm
How can pollen be used to work out where people or objects have been?
the pollen might stick to their clothes, hands/fingers and hair, which can be an easy source to find out where the person has been.
What do the bees do with the pollen once they get it back to the hive?
They store it for food. It is a rich source of protein.
Do Bees use flower nectar for food and distribute pollen allowing the plant to reproduce?
Yes, but bees also carry pollen and nectar back to their hive. The pollen is used as a source of protein for their larvae. The nectar is processed into honey.
What happens when pollen gets stuck to a bee?
When a bee is foraging from flowers, it gets pollen on its body. It uses its front legs to brush the pollen down to special flattened areas on the lower part of its hind legs where it becomes trapped in hairs. The bee then takes this pollen back to the hive where it is fed to the larvae. Pollen is a rich protein source.
Why do bees make pollen?
Bees don't make pollen, they collect it from the flowers they visit.Bees have concave areas on the tibias of their back legs, surrounded by hairs. These are called pollen baskets or corbiculae, and as the bee forages for nectar, it brushes any pollen from its head and body back to the pollen baskets and packs it in.The pollen is taken back to the hive, where it is stored and used for food. It is a rich protein source.
What part of a flower does a bee rub with another flower's pollen?
The female part -- known as pistil -- is the part of a flower that a bee rubs with another flower's pollen. The original source of the pollen for the insect in question is a flower's male part, known as anther.
Are pollen grains released from a flower?
Sorry but for a better answer you might want to look at another source wiki answers isn't alwaysa reliable source.
Will bees die without pollen?
Pollen is an essential food for larvae: it is a source of protein, fats, some minerals and vitamins. Honey or nectar on its own is not sufficient because that is mainly carbohydrates.
What natural source of air pollution is caused by plant reproduction and has the highest atmospheric levels in spring?
pollen
