What are pollinators and pollination?
When most of us think about pollinators we think about bees and butterflies, but the fact is that there are many more insects and even a few vertebrates that acts as pollinators.
Flowering plants (angiosperm) rely on pollination for reproduction. There are three types of pollination: self-pollination, wind pollination and cross-pollination. In the process of cross-pollination pollen from the same specie is transfer between the flowers with the help of pollinators. Only after a flower have been pollinated will it turn into fruit and seeds that will be to origin for new plants.
Pollinators are the animals that transfers the pollen between the flowers and this leads to pollination. They are attracted to the flowers by bright colours and sweet smells that tells them the flowers contain nectar for them to drink. While they are extracting the nectar pollen gets stuck on parts of their body and travels with them to the next flower where it gets deposited and leads to pollination.
Flowering plants (angiosperm) rely on pollination for reproduction. There are three types of pollination: self-pollination, wind pollination and cross-pollination. In the process of cross-pollination pollen from the same specie is transfer between the flowers with the help of pollinators. Only after a flower have been pollinated will it turn into fruit and seeds that will be to origin for new plants.
Pollinators are the animals that transfers the pollen between the flowers and this leads to pollination. They are attracted to the flowers by bright colours and sweet smells that tells them the flowers contain nectar for them to drink. While they are extracting the nectar pollen gets stuck on parts of their body and travels with them to the next flower where it gets deposited and leads to pollination.