How do the bees and insects
pollinate flowers?
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This
bumble bee is starting the pollination process without even realizing it!
When bees land on a flower, like this milkweed flower, their feet often
slip into a little groove that holds pollen sacs. When the bee flies away
it carries off this sac like a saddlebag stuck on its feet. When this bee
lands on another flower looking for nectar, the "saddlebag" falls off,
the pollen falls out of the sac, and pollination is underway.
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