Friday, November 10, 2023

What's The Buzz? How Bumblebees Pollinate Plants



Bumblebees have a special technique for pollinating flowers.  Number three of one of the ten things that you probably don’t know about bumblebees is that they grab the pollen-producing part of the plant with their jaws while their vibrating wings loosen the trapped pollen. Bumbles are able to perform this task called “buzz pollination” because their wings beat over 130 times per second!