MARINE BIOLOGY
Pollinators That Swim
F lowering plants get help from bees and other pollinators to make the next generation of plants.
When a bee drinks nectar from a flower, pollen sticks to its fuzzy body. The pollen comes from the plant’s male part. When that bee flies to another flower, some pollen may rub off on the blossom’s female part. This starts the process of creating seeds.
Plants that grow in the ocean don’t get the same kind of help, because there