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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.
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What do bees do everyday?
Bees spend their days collecting nectar and pollen from flowers to bring back to their hive to feed the rest of the colony. They also help in pollination, a crucial process for plant reproduction. Bees also work together to build and maintain the hive, take care of the young, and protect the queen bee.
Why are insects and birds attracted to flowers but not pine cones?
Flowers attract by smell and color, but some birds are attracted to pine cones, like the various species of finches called crossbills.
What does bumble bees eat?
Bumble bees primarily feed on nectar from flowers to obtain sugars for energy. They also collect pollen, which serves as their main protein source. The combination of nectar and pollen provides bumble bees with the necessary nutrients to survive and thrive.
What are some examples of unisexual animals?
Unisex flowers are those flowers that are only male (stamen) or female (pistil) - not both. Squash plants have unisex flowers. Only the fertilized female flowers will produce a squash. The male flowers drop off when they are done.
What can you tell about the flowers that provide hummingbirds with nectar?
Hummingbirds are attracted to flowers that are tubular in shape and brightly colored, such as trumpet-shaped flowers or those in shades of red, orange, or pink. Some common flowers that provide hummingbirds with nectar include bee balm, salvia, and trumpet vine. These flowers have adapted to attract hummingbirds as pollinators due to their unique shape and nectar production.
Do all bees take nector from flowers?
No some of them go down the pub
What does the large white butterfly feed on?
nector from flowers
Do butterflies hurt flowers?
no, they only get the nector out, also flowers dont have feelings :p
What do some insects use for lapping up nector?
Butterflies and honeybees are equipped with siphons for lapping up nectar in flowers.
Two organisms in the temperate grassland that illustrate mutualism?
bees and flowers, the bees need the nector and the flowers need to pollinate.
What does bumblebee eats?
Bumblebees eat nector found in flowers and other flowering plants.
Do bees help flowers survive?
nector is in the flowers and the bees use nector for their honey so the suck it out of the flowers and take it back to their hives
Does cardinal flowers have nector?
Yes, cardinal flowers do produce nectar. The bright red flowers attract hummingbirds, which are their main pollinators, by offering nectar as a reward for pollination.
Economic importance of honey?
it helps the flowers because the nector they collect(for the honey) helps keep the flowers alive this is one of the things that honey is good for
What is the importance of honey?
If bees couldn't make honey from nector then flowers wouldn't be pollonated and so we would run out of flowers, which provide certain medicines.
Do hummingbirds fish?
No, they eat and drink nector from flowers. 9-30-09 -Camille White
Why do bees store nector?
Bees store nectar as a food source for themselves and their colony. They convert nectar into honey by drying it out and adding enzymes. Honey serves as a long-term energy source during times when nectar is scarce.
