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The bees will often snooze on the flower heads in the evening, and as the seeds mature in early fall, the heads become natural bird feeders. ... A patch of sunflowers at the edge of the yard can ...
Bees pollinating a sunflower head. Sunflowers have been proven to be excellent plants to attract beneficial insects, including pollinators. Helianthus spp. are a nectar producing flowering plant that attract pollinators and parasitoids which reduce the pest populations in nearby crop vegetation.
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Some examples of animal pollinators are bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, birds, bats, and a few small mammals. [2] This wide range of species seek out the nectar produced by the plants as food source or in the famous case of honey bees the key ingredient for making honey. This is an example of mutualism where the pollinators receive a ...
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Flowers pollinated by bees and wasps vary in shape, colour and size. Yellow or blue plants are often visited, and flowers may have ultra-violet nectar guides, that help the insect to find the nectary. Some flowers, like sage or pea, have lower lips that will only open when sufficiently heavy insects, such as bees, land on them.
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Honey bees pollinate many plant species that are not native to their natural habitat but are often inefficient pollinators of such plants; if they are visiting ten different species of flower, only a tenth of the pollen they carry may be the right species. Other bees tend to favor one species at a time, therefore do most of the actual pollination.