Honeybees
What does pollination do?
Let's the plant grow new seeds.
What effect does pollen have on people?
People sneeze and get stuffy noses in the springtime.
How are lemurs pollinators?
By sticking their paws or snouts into the flower to get the nectar, it sticks to them.
How much does a hummingbird weigh?
Less than 2 grams —that's less than the weight of a half-sheet of paper.
What are the markings of a butterfly?
orange, white, and black markings
How are bats good for farming?
Bats eat so many pests and bugs that harm or eat crops.
Why are honeybees important?
Honeybees make honey, and they are pollinators.
Why is pollination so important?
Pollination is how new seeds and plants grow. Without it, we wouldn't have as many fruits, vegetables, and plants.
How do honey possums pollinate?
Hang upside down from a tree using its tail and feet so it can reach the tree's flowers more easily.
Describe how the hummingbird pollinates.
Hummingbirds put their beak into a tube-like flower, and some of the flower's pollen gets on them. Then, when they go to sip nectar from another flower, they move pollen to the next flower.
Over the last 20 years, why has the number of monarch butterflies gone down? List 2 reasons.
Environment: Loss of milkweed plants, which is where the monarch lays eggs. Forests are shrinking because people have cut down parts of the forest. Changing weather has hurt forests as well.
How do bats spread seeds?
They eat fruit, the seed doesn't digest the seed, so the waste from the bat can plant a new tree or plant.
What do honeybees eat?
They collect nectar and pollen from the flowers for food.
What is pollination?
Moving pollen from one part of a flower to another part of a flower.
How do lizards pollinate?
As lizards sip nectar, pollen sticks to their scales, and they go from flower to flower, sipping so that pollen is moved with it.
List at least 2 things that make hummingbirds special.
Hummingbirds are very small. They can stay in 1 place while flying. They can fly backwards and even upside down.
According to scientists, butterflies go to the same forests each year. Where do billions of butterflies go?
Mountain forests of Mexico and Southern California
Name 3 things bats eat.
Insects, fruit, pollen, nectar, and other parts of flowering plants.
List one type of plant that needs honeybees to help make new seeds.
Apples, nuts, and berries are just a few, but about 100 other important crops depend on bees.
Name 3 things that can move pollen?
Wind, insects, and animals.
Plants need __________?
How many beats per second can hummingbirds beat their wings?
Up to 70 times per second AND faster when they dive.
Butterflies migrate. What does that mean? And why?
They travel up to 3,000 miles long to get away from the cold weather.
What is the term that means animals are awake at night and hunt and feed after the sun has gone down?
Nocturnal