POLLINA T ORS

TRACK YOUR SEEDLING’S GROWTH

A bumble bee can carry 90% of its bodyweight in pollen.

POLLEN

Pollinators fertilise female parts of flower 2 with pollen from flower 1.

flower 1.

flower 2.

AN

Honeybees and flowers have a mutualistic relationship. The bees get to eat and the flowering plants get to reproduce.

j

Six s d leg ointe

all s) (not wing h av e

ax

s s Wi nig nsect

Thor

T

men

FLOWER

Abdo

He a d

60°

SUN

s

T C E INS

TS OF R A P HE

In New Zealand two thirds of our pollination is carried out by animals – Birds, bats, geckos, flies, weevils, moths and most importantly...bees

THE WAGGLE DANCE

Bees are g re Honeybe at at maths. e s make h iv e s f r o m ‘s e lf t e t h e ir ss r e g ula r h e x a g o n s ’. e ll at in g He offer the bees the s xagons m a ll e s t p e r im e t e rw b e e s t h e la h il e g iv in g t h e rgest a s p a c e .. . c m o u n t o f le v e r !

Hexagon

BEES LOVE

www.littlegarden.co.nz

POLLINATORS

In New Zealand we have lots of different types of bees – honey and leafcutter bees; 4 types of bumble bees, and 30 types of native bees.

Types of Bees