A Bee's Flower Trip
A bee's search for nectar helps move pollen between flowers so they can make seeds.
Play the quiz as a gameMany flowers need pollen from other flowers to make seeds. Pollen is a fine powder made by flowers. Flowers stay in one place. How can their pollen move?
A heading called "A Helpful Trip" tells how a bee can help. A bee visits a flower to find nectar. Nectar is a sweet liquid that gives the bee energy.
As the bee moves inside the flower, tiny grains of pollen rub onto its fuzzy body. The pollen stays on its body when it flies away.
Next, the bee lands on another flower of the same kind. Some pollen rubs off onto that flower. This can help the flower make seeds. The bee gets more nectar, too. The trip helps both the bee and the flowers.
A drawing shows the bee flying between two flowers. Its caption says, "A bee carries pollen from flower to flower." A caption is a short note that tells about a picture.