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The insect visits a flower to collect nectar. The plant's anthers are positioned in such a way the insect must brush up to them in order to do so, so pollen gets stuck to the insect (especially in hairy insects). The insect is still hungry, since no flower offers enough nectar to satisfy any insect, so it flies along to another flower, where the pollen is deposited on a stamen also positioned in such a way the insect touches it when collecting more nectar. Pollen on a stamen works like sperm and egg - the pollen travels down, futher into the flower, and fertilizes it. Later, seeds are formed. Sometimes it is in fruit.

Bumblebees often cheat this. They brush the pollen off their bodies and store it on their legs in special pollen 'baskets' so that they can take it home and feed it to their young!

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