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Bee Carries Pollen

A bee drinks nectar from a flower. As it moves to another flower, pollen sticks to its fuzzy body and rubs off onto the next flower, helping the plant make seeds and fruit.

In the picture

  1. Pollen on an anther
  2. The stigma of the second flower
  3. Pollen grains caught in the bee’s body hairs
  4. Pollen packed in a lump on the bee’s hind leg

Examples

  • An apple tree in bloom with bees moving between its flowers.
  • A pumpkin flower in a garden visited by a bee in the morning.

Quiz: Bee Carries Pollen (Age 13)

  1. Where is pollen made in a flower?

    • On the petals
    • On the stigma
    • In the anthers
  2. What can happen after pollen reaches a flower’s stigma?

    • The bee loses its pollen lump
    • The flower stops making nectar
    • The flower can start making seeds
  3. According to the card, how does pollen move from one flower to another?

    • It is carried by a butterfly from one flower to another
    • It is carried by the wind from one flower to another
    • It sticks to the bee’s body and rubs off onto the next flower

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Nature, Age 13