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Pollination Palooza

Just a little pollen info: Bees can help flowers make seeds. Bees usually look for pollen and sweet juice. Every flower has pollen, although some flowers don't have sweet juice. The bee's first job is to move pollen from the anther of one flower to the female stigma of another flower. An anther is the male part of a flower that has pollen grains on it. A stigma is the female part of a flower that receives the pollen. In other words, when a bee gets pollen from a flower, the pollen sticks to the bee. The bee goes to another flower and the pollen falls onto the stigma. Most flowers use this pollen to make seeds. Other flowers use their own pollen to make seeds. Each tiny pollen grain grows into a long tube. These are called pollen tubes. They grow until they come to the ovary. The ovary is the section of a flower where the pollen tubes meet. Now a male gamete from the pollen tube joins the egg from the ovary and a seed is born.

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artistinthecountry 02 Aug 2009

Wonderful shot

Anonymous Guest 27 Jul 2008

hungry cutie

gerry logan 24 Jul 2008

OMG Jessica what a gran micro shot and great find you have done here. What a lucky find for you to look in this floral and find this bee. It for sure has alot of pollen and you did a fine job capturing it nice work

Kathie Nichols 23 Jul 2008

Excellent macro Jess, it's great to read in detail how the pollination system works. Thanks for sharing!

Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 23 Jul 2008

BEAUTIFUL Macro!!!STUNNING!!!,Dee&David :):)

Olga van Dijk 22 Jul 2008

You should compete in the INSECT contest of artwanted!!! -Love and Light~OLGA

Alberto D'Assumpcao 22 Jul 2008

Fantastic image, Jessica!

Karen Corcoran 21 Jul 2008

Oh my heavens! The little thing is quite covered, excellent capture.

John Swift 21 Jul 2008

WOW! That is not only a beautiful macro shot but very interesting information about polination! Thanks, Jessica!!

Teresa Trant 21 Jul 2008

very nice

Ann Fawssett-Atkin 21 Jul 2008

Lovely to see this amazing close up 'capture'. Congratulations getting it

Cindy Sugg 21 Jul 2008

Looks like he can't breathe...FANTASTIC photo

jo brown 21 Jul 2008

I've watched my bees do this, but never have been able to get a pic of it! THANKS, it's a great capture!!! He sure has been a busy bee!

MJ Mitchell 21 Jul 2008

LOL - what a superb capture - perfectly focused - I love this!!!!

Sharon Gonzalez 21 Jul 2008

OH MY, JESSICA. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY AWESOME PHOTO. I LOVE ALL THE POLLEN ALL OVER THAT LITTLE GUY. LOOKS LIKE HE HAD A LOT OF FUN. :-) (THIS IS THE 3RD TRY AT TRYING TO COMMENT ON THIS.)