Topic

pollination

2 questions tagged pollination β€” spanning every one of the seven Ws.

why

Why do mature sunflowers face east?

Young sunflowers track the Sun across the sky, but once they bloom they stop and face east, which warms the flower heads in the morning and attracts more bees.

plantsbiologypollination
whose

Whose discovery first showed that bees can sense ultraviolet patterns on flowers?

Karl von Frisch and later researchers demonstrated that bees can see ultraviolet markings that guide them to nectar.

Insects and arachnidsPollination