fertilization of plants

"Plants make pollen so more plants can grow. The pollen needs to get from plant to plant. How does this happen? Let's investigate pollination!"--Provided by publisher.

Butterfly learns from Bee that he too is a pollinator and can help in the important work of pollinating plants.

Readers learn that the stink of the corpse flower has everything to do with a main subject of the science curriculum: pollination.

Scientists believe that the survival of bees is at risk. What has put bees at risk and should we care? Bees are responsible for pollinating about 70 of the 100 crops that feed 90% of the world. Without bees nearly half the world could starve. In this book, find out how scientists are working on ways to keep bees healthy.

"Thanks to humans, bumble bees are world travelers, spreading to countries that never hosted bumble bees before. For centuries these insects pollinated our crops. But are they pushing out native pollinators? Why are some species of bumble bees flourishing whereas others are floundering, to the point of possibly disappearing forever? . . . explores these questions and tells the tale of bumble bees' history with humans . . . highlights the interconnectedness of the two species, and touches on the topics of endangerment and extinction, the impact on human agriculture, bumble bee habitats and ecology, and the current crisis of bee protection"--Provided by publisher.

" ... this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants - such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries -and simply don't mow down abundant native species, including aster, goldenrod, and milkweed"--Amazon.com.

Provides readers with a complete and comprehensive understanding of the role of flowers, their structure and how they are designed to enable plants to reproduce.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text introduce readers to the process of pollination, explaining what it is, how it works, and why it is important.

In 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids, including the Madagascar star orchid. It had an 11.5 inch nectary, the place where flowers make the nectar that insects and birds eat. He determined that the only way this flower was pollinated was by a giant moth with an 11.5 inch proboscis. A moth with a long proboscis was cataloged on Madagascar in 1903, but it took almost ninety years to prove Darwin's theory. Includes information on the Madagascar hawk moth, the Madagascar star orchid, and pollination.

Plants have many ways for propagation. For instance, flowering plants usually attract bees and butterflies. Bees and butterflies then fly from flower to flower. This helps the flowering plants to bear seeds or fruits.