Pollination
Videos
Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther of a plant to the stigma of a plant, later enabling fertilisation and the production of seeds. Pollinating agents can be animals such as insects, f
Female carpenter bee with pollen collected from a night-blooming cereus
Decolorized aniline blue fluorescence image showing growing pollen tubes in a tomato pistil
Hummingbirds typically feed on red flowers
A bee (Melissodes desponsus) covered in pollen
Pollination management
Videos
Pollination management is the horticultural practice that accomplish or enhance pollination of a crop, to improve yield or quality, by understanding of the particular crop's pollination needs, and by
Honey bee on bird cherry Honey bees are especially well adapted to collecting and moving pollen, thus are the most commonly used crop pollinators. Note the light brown pollen in the pollen basket.
Placing honey bees for pumpkin pollination Mohawk Valley, NY
Date pollinator up an 'Abid Rahim' palm tree
US migratory commercial beekeeper moving spring bees from South Carolina to Maine for blueberry pollination