Pollination is the most important job that bees do in nature. It is also a big help to farmers. Many plants cannot make fruits and vegetables without pollination. Apples, watermelons, plums, pears, blueberries, cherries, and cucumbers all grow on plants that need to be pollinated.
What is pollination?
Pollination happens when the pollen of one flower lands on the stigma of another flower of the same kind. Pollen is a yellow powder that is found on the stamens of flowers.
Bees pollinate by accident
As a bee crawls around a flower to gather food, her legs and body get covered with pollen. When she lands on another flower, pollen rubs off her body and onto the flower's stigma. The bee below is covered with pollen. She will pollinate many flowers in a day.
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