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Walking through a garden, Danielle stopped to sniff a large white lily. The flower smelled sweet and yellow powder stuck to her nose as it touched the flower’s stamens. As she stood up, a bee flew into the flower. What was the yellow powder?
Why did the bee enter the flower? How does this help the flower?
The yellow powder was pollen. The bee entered the flower to drink nectar from the flower. The bee's visit helps the flower because when bees and other pollinators visit a flower pollen sticks to them, which they then carry to another flower. Once the other flower is pollinated it begins to make seeds which will eventually grow into new plants and continue the life cycle.