Why do flowers need bees and other pollinators?
Lemonade Couriers
Why do flowers need bees and other pollinators?
Here's a small secret hiding in every garden: flowers can't move. They're rooted to one spot, planted for life, and yet somehow they manage to start a whole new generation a field away. How? They hire couriers. Tiny, fuzzy, buzzing couriers who work for tips.
To make a seed, a flower needs two things to meet: a dusty yellow powder called pollen, and a sticky little landing pad deep inside another flower of the same kind. The catch? The pollen and the landing pad usually live in different flowers. And flowers, being rooted, can't exactly walk over to introduce themselves.
