The Structure of insect-pollinated Flowers
The Open Door Web Site
Some of these flowers have a simple structure and can be pollinated by many different types of animals. Other flowers have a mor READ MORE http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0042.html
Monarch Butterfly Magic
by Midge Frazel
This is the story of the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly.
The Monarch butterfly is an insect that goes on a special adventure called a migration.
READ MORE http://www.midgefrazel.net/monarch0.html
NOVA Online | Tales From the Hive
PBS.org
Welcome to the companion Web site to the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive," originally broadcast on Tuesday, January 4, 2000. In this NOVA program, our c READ MORE http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/hive.html
Desert Diary May 2, 2002 - Bat Pollination
University of Texas
Chihuahuan Desert Museum
"It's time you were told about the birds and the bees." How many parents have gone through this with the READ MORE http://museum.utep.edu/archive/mammals/DDbatpoll.htm
Hummingbirds - Float Like a Butterfly, Pollinate Like a Bee
by Matthew Vanhorn
AppologeticPress.org
Small, vibrant, and fast like lightning, the hummingbird is one of the most breathtaking creatu READ MORE http://www.apologeticspress.org/modules.php...
Vanishing Bees
Natural Resources Defense Council
Honey bees are disappearing across the country, putting $15 billion worth of fruits, nuts and vegetables at risk.
The list of crops that simpl READ MORE http://www.nrdc.org/wildlife/animals/bees.asp
The Buzz on Native Pollinators
By Laura Tangley
National Wildlife Organization
As European honeybees decline, indigenous bees and other pollinating animals can provide a backup—with a little READ MORE http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/article.cfm...
Gallery of Flowers, Flower Visitors
By David L. Green
Flowers and their visitors: bees, bee mimics, beetles, hymenopterans, flies and others. (Note: images are copyrighted, restrictions apply to READ MORE http://www.pollinator.com/gallery/gallery.htm
Pollinating Insects
Schutter Diagnostic Laboratory
Montana State University
There are many important pollinating insect species in the orders:
* Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants)
READ MORE http://diagnostics.montana.edu/Insect/Pollinators/
Moth Pollination
US Forest Service
After dark, moths and bats take over the night shift for pollination. Nocturnal flowers with pale or white flowers heavy with fragrance and copious dilute nect READ MORE http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/moths.shtml
Pollination | Bugwise
Australian Museum
Pollination is the process by which plants sexually reproduce. Many plants depend on insects to transfer pollen as they forage. Plants attract insects in READ MORE http://www.bugwise.net.au/invertebrates/pollination
Hummingbird Pollinators
By Diana Wind
June 16, 2009
Davesgarden.com
There are many reasons to create a hummingbird habitat in your yard and gardens, besides the enjoyment gained from watching READ MORE http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2473/
Insect Pollinators - Flowers Best Friends
Photography by Beatriz Moisset
The main job of flowers is to attract pollinators and, in this way, to ensure the reproduction of the flowering plants. T READ MORE http://www.geocities.com/insectpollinators/
Wind Pollination
by Plant Design Online
Flickr.com
Oak trees have flowers too! These are the staminate (male) flowers of an oak tree, blowing in the wind and releasing their pollen on a fine spri READ MORE http://www.flickr.com/photos/22887580@N06/3365952516/
Wind Pollination
ENOW2008
YouTube.com
Grasses use wind for pollination so other resources can be used for other types of production.
READ MORE http://www.youtube.com/watch...
Pollination in Tennessee
Tennessee Beekeepers Association
This video describes the importance of honeybee pollination to Tennessee agriculture. Funded by the Tennessee Beekeepers Association and t READ MORE http://video.google.com/videoplay...
Pollinating Mechanisms
by Paul Billiet and Shirley Burchill
The Open Door Web Site
Pollinating Mechanisms
Flowers have evolved many different techniques to ensure pollination. Some flowers hav READ MORE http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0043.html
Wind-Pollinated Flowers
By Paul Billiet and Shirley Burchill
The Open Door Web Site
Wind-pollinated Flowers
These flowers are often small and inconspicuous since they do not need to attract in READ MORE http://www.saburchill.com/chapters/chap0044.html
Insecta Inspecta World - Honey Bees
The Honors Academy
Thornton Jr. High School
Fremont, California
Buzz! What a busy honey bee! Honey bees make and do things that are helpful to humans. They READ MORE http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/bees/honey/index.html
What's Buzzin' in My Garden?
"I don't know a bee from a wasp, a hornet, or a yellow jacket."
(These are pictures from the eastern USA, your garden may have different species.)
For more inform READ MORE http://www.pollinator.com/identify/whatsbuzzin.htm
A pollinators is the agent that moves pollen from the male parts of a flower to the female parts of the flower to produce fertilization.
