Pollinators ~ Last summer, 2021, I was on my way to the Toronto Public Library to pick up a few books which I booked online. I came across these beautiful flowers alongside the street and noticed a couple of bees buzzing around and hovering over me. I paused for a bit, and soon they were attracted to the beautiful blossoms. Such a beautiful sight to behold and thought of sharing. 🌸 Endless learning opportunities about the pollinators!
A pollinator is an animal that helps plants produce fruit or seeds. When pollinators such as bees, birds, bats, butterflies, and small mammals go to plants to eat their nectar, they get pollen grains stuck on them, which then rubs off onto the next plant they travel to. The pollen from one plant can fertilize the next plant that the pollinator gets nectar from. Only fertilized plants can make fruit and/or seeds, and without them, the plants cannot reproduce.
Insect pollinators include four major groups: Bees and wasps, Beetles, Butterflies and moths. Flies' and Other types of pollinators are bats and hummingbirds.
