Pollinator

Pollinator (Bee)

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from a flower's stamens to the ovule-bearing organs of another flower. Some plants have an exposed ovule and "the pollen is simply caught in a drop of fluid secreted by the ovule". However, since angiosperm plants have inferior, or hidden, ovules, pollinators are the ones in charge of transporting pollen between the different reproductive organs. Pollinators include bees, pollen wasps, ants, butterflies, hummingbirds, etcetera. Bees in particular carry pollen as they gather nectar and the grains then stick on their fuzzy and electrostatic body. Some bees even have a special pollen-carrying structure called the scopa.