Comment on Bees

• Podicipedidae@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  They are not conflicting but I can see how you might think that. Pollen is plant sperm. In order for pollination to occur many plants have special needs. The pollen has to be “picked up” and transferred to the female stigma. One example of how honeybees take nectar but don’t pollinate flowers are flowers that require “buzz pollinating”.

  Hope that clears things up. Happy to answer anymore questions (I am just someone who is passionate about nature I’m not a professional or anything).

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• reinei@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just because you waste 80% of the food you get doesn’t mean you can’t still be twice as fast as everyone else at getting new food!

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  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Do the flowers get pollinated? That seems like the important part.

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They often don’t. Honey bees are surprisingly good at collecting pollen of many plant species without transfering it to other flowers and pollinating them.

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