Bees and pollen by Ashmitha Ganesh

 Bees and pollen by Ashmitha Ganesh 

Pollen, mostly people hate pollen because of their allergies But pollen is very great. Very great! Pollen is one of the things that makes nature. Pollen is in the air, it makes flowers bloom. Pollen mostly comes around during spring and summer when flowers come up. 

It is not pollen’s fault that people get allergies. Pollen grows flowering plants, trees , grass and weeds. Pollen is how most of the plants reproduces . Pollen comes from angiosperms, pollen is produced by the anthers of the stamens in flower. Pollen develops from the anthers. Now you know why pollen is not so bad. 

Bees, everyone thinks bees stings. Well yes Bees do sting, but it won’t stay for a long time. Bees are actually helpful. Bees make honey. Bees have five eyes. Bees are insects, they have six legs. Male bees in the hive are called drones. Bees fly about 20 mph. Female bees fly in the hive (except the queen) are called worker bees.

Number of eggs laid by queen is 2 million per day. When bees loose it’s stinger it will die. Bees have been around 30 million years! Bees carry pollen hind legs and pollen baskets corbicula. Average bee hive can hold 50000 bees. Bees have two pairs of wings. Forages must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make one pound of honey. 

Bees and pollen by Ashmitha Ganesh 

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