Flowers are dependent on various means to transport their pollen. Transfer by animals, insects, birds, bats, and wind are five methods for pollination to occur that are described here.

How many bees do you need to pollinate cucumbers? How do you maintain the hives? Answers to these questions and more.

This is a lengthy article that examines facts and information related to pollinators and the critical need they fulfill.

In addition to extolling the virtues of flowering plants, this effective site provides several interesting fun facts related to pollination.

Explains what cross-pollination is and its benefits, and provides examples.

Article on the bumblebee. Covers physical features, life in a colony and as a pollinator, and threats to its survival. Includes links to additional resources. (Published: April 14, 2008)

Great PDF to teach students about plant reproduction and life cycle. There are many teacher printables.

Fernanda S. Valdovinos explains how intricate pollination networks work and how it can all change from one season to the next. [5:25]

Find out why keeping a part of your yard as bare ground is important for providing nesting habitat for native bees.

This site from Access Excellence provides a lesson plan/lab activity for simulating coevolution. Flowers and straws represent the effect that beak size and shape would have on real pollinators.

PBS features this program on orchids, including a short video on how an orchid encourages a bee to carry pollen to another flower. There are 3 articles focusing on the flower's ability to coax insects into pollinating other orchids, new...

A large collection of resources to aid professionals, community members, and educators in communicating the role and importance of ecosystem services. Issues addressed include pollination, marine nurseries, and water purification....

Not only are orchids tricky when it comes to being pollinated, they also have some tricks that help them survive in a competitive environment. Discover how orchids outwit insects to reproduce and how they have adapted to survive in their...

This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...

This site from Palomar College provides a good background on exactly what Mendel did. Vocabulary links throughout make this a very good introduction article for genetics.

This book was created by 6th grade students at the Genesee Community Charter School as part of a learning expedition on bees and beekeeping. They investigated the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - a local and national threat to bees,...

Find out how milkweed plants foster habitat diversity in a backyard ecosystem.

Describes the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms and how a conifer protects its seeds inside cones. Discusses the reproductive features of conifers, the physical characteristics of male and female cones, and the reproductive...