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To make a seed, the pollen has to find its way to a pistil
and travel down to reach the egg. The is called "pollination."
Just like making new people, plants need a male (man) and female (woman) to make new seed which will grow into a new plant. The difference with plants is that plants have both the male and the female parts in a single flower.
The male part of the flower makes 'pollen." Pollen looks like a powder or dust. The female part of the flower (called the pistil) makes the egg.
Pollination is the way "pollen" from the male part of a flower gets to the egg in the female part of a flower to form a seed.
Pollinators love to drink the sugary-sweet nectar that is made by flowers at the base of the pistil.
When the little pollinators go in to suck up the nectar, they brush against the anthers and get pollen on their bodies.
Pollinators move from flower to flower in search of more sweet nectar.
When they land on a flower, the pollen will rub off their body onto the pistil. If the pollen ends up near the opening at the top of the pistil, the pollen will make it sway down the pistil to the egg. When the egg and the pollen unite, a seed is formed.
A seed everything it needs to form a new plant.
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You can see the bee gathering
pollen. Bees have sacs on their hind legs
in which to store the pollen
and carry it as they
fly back to their hive.
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Pick a pollinator to learn more:
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