Flower Features
This part of the flower is brightly colored or decorated with patterns. It tells pollinators "Hey, come visit me!"
Petals
This pollinator is one of most common and hard-working pollinators. They are famous for making honey.
Honeybees!
Is the number of pollinators in our world increasing or decreasing?
Decreasing
This liquid is needed for all animal life to survive.
Water
All plants need pollinators to help them produce seed.
False. Not all plants need pollinators to help them move pollen from one plant to another. Some rely on other helpers like wind and water.
The two main things bees gather from flowers.
Pollen and Nectar
This pollinator is attracted to flowers that smell stinky or smell like rotting fruit or meat.
Flies
Product that bees make that can be used to make things like candles.
Beeswax
In a pollinator garden, is it is better to plant lots of different kinds of plants or lots of the same type of plant?
Lots of different kind of plants
Pollinators see flowers the same way humans do.
False! Pollinators' eyes have special powers that helps them see flowers from far away and look extra colorful.
Pollen is found on which part of the flower?
The stamen
This pollinator has delicate and beautifully decorated wings.
Butterflies
Pollinators help to grow these things we use as food.
Fruits and vegetables!
You should avoid using this kind of chemical in a pollinator garden.
Pesticides
Types of pollinators include bees, butterflies, and moths!
True! Many insects help pollinate flowers.
Pollinators help flowers during this important process.
Reproduction
These pollinators are attracted to flowers that are white, give off a sweet smell and bloom at nighttime.
Bats and Moths
This is the name of a professional job where someone takes care of bees.
Beekeeper
What we call plants that grow in their original, natural ecosystem.
Native Plants
All flowers smell sweet and have bright colors.
False! Some flowers can be small, have no smell, or even smell bad!
This part of the flower is sticky on the top to catch pollen and makes seeds at the bottom.
The Pistil
These pollinators like flat, wide-open flowers that have a lot of pollen.
Beetles
The mother female bee in a colony.
Queen
The number of flowers that must be visited by honeybees to make one pound of honey.
2 MILLION flowers
The part of a butterfly that drinks the nectar is called a nose.
False! This part is called a proboscis!