If flowers are not likely to attract insects, then a plant is wasting energy making them large and nectar-rich. Previous research has shown the percentage of field pansies relying on self ...

Insect-slapping flower stamens maximize pollination Flowers with mobile stamens enhance pollination by encouraging faster insect turnover Date: October 11, 2022 Source: eLife Summary: Using a ...

Flying insects such as honeybees and bumblebees are essential pollinators for many plants. However, some plants use other animals for pollination.

They are typically pollinated by insects, but a few species are visited by birds, and often capable of self-fertilization ("self-compatible"). Their flowers have three upright petals, the ...

When conditions are right, the insects get fed and the flowers get pollinated. But spring, with its highly variable weather conditions, is always a chancy time for pollination.

Before there were flowers, pollination of plants by insects was likely rare, and scientists had no idea of the insect culprits. But a new discovery suggests at least one flittering pollinator ...

Dikes are indispensable for bees, especially if they are home to many different plant and flower species. A large census ...

The white sage and P. distans plants produced roughly half the amount of seeds from flowers pollinated by honeybees compared with other pollinators, mostly native insects.

Flower attracts insects by pretending to be a mushroom Date: November 15, 2017 Source: Kobe University Summary: The mysterious flowers of Aspidistra elatior are found on the southern Japanese ...