Plants

Hey Bee-atrice, you know how we pollinate flowers? Why do you think that is?

I'm not sure, Bee-ana. Maybe that flower over there knows?

I do know! I'm Lily the lily, by the way. You guys help us to reproduce when you pollinate us! You see-pals, flowers have male and female parts. The male part, called the stamen, has an anther and a filament. The female part, called the pistil, has a stima, style, and ovary.

Well, when you guys land on the anthers of flowers, you pick up some pollen. Then, when you fly by the sticky stigma of the flower, the pollen gets stuck there, which is called pollination. Then, the pollen grain travels down the style into the ovary, meets an ovule (also called an egg), and turns into a seed, while the ovary turns into the fruit! That's called fertilization. Then, the plant can spread its seeds and grow more plants. That's reproduction. The petals and sepals help, too. The petals attract pollinators, and the sepals protect the bud while it is developing.

Wow! That's incredible!

Yeah, it is... but how do us bees pollinating flowers help you guys?

Hey, have plants ever been to the moon?

Have plants driven cars?

Hey, I'm not Google! Some things, I just don't know the anther!

Well then how do you make a fruit?

Yeah, how do you make a fruit?

Pollination involves transfer of pollen from the anthers to the stigma.The fertilized embryo develops in to a seed and the surrounding tissue often develops into what we know as a fruit.

Like me. I have 1 seed so that means I had 1 ovule. If there are more ovules there are more seeds.

Wow this was interesting but I have another question

Yeah, I have a question too!

What is the question?

Hey Bee-atrice, you know how we pollinate flowers? Why do you think that is?

I'm not sure, Bee-ana. Maybe that flower over there knows?

I do know! I'm Lily the lily, by the way. You guys help us to reproduce when you pollinate us! You see-pals, flowers have male and female parts. The male part, called the stamen, has an anther and a filament. The female part, called the pistil, has a stima, style, and ovary.

Well, when you guys land on the anthers of flowers, you pick up some pollen. Then, when you fly by the sticky stigma of the flower, the pollen gets stuck there, which is called pollination. Then, the pollen grain travels down the style into the ovary, meets an ovule (also called an egg), and turns into a seed, while the ovary turns into the fruit! That's called fertilization. Then, the plant can spread its seeds and grow more plants. That's reproduction. The petals and sepals help, too. The petals attract pollinators, and the sepals protect the bud while it is developing.

Wow! That's incredible!

Yeah, it is... but how do us bees pollinating flowers help you guys?