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Kelly Allsup
Horticulture Extension Educator serving
Livingston, McLean and Woodford
Counties
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lmw/
[email protected]
Flowers, Fruits and Frass Blog
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POLLEN
• The male reproductive
structure is called the
stamen. It is composed
of the filament and the
anther. Pollen develops
within the anther.
• Pollen consists of proteins,
starch, sugars, fats,
minerals, vitamins
and free amino acids.
• Bees collect pollen to
feed their larvae.
POLLEN
• When the bee goes to get nectar they trigger the
male structures hence getting pollen on themselves.
• Bees tend to confine their attention to a single
flower species when foraging.
• They will move from plant to plant within that
species hence favoring cross-pollination.
• Chemistry plays a role in pollination: bees are
positively charged while flowers pollinated by bees
have negatively charged pollen
Bees
Flowers that Attract
Bees
• Bee pollinated flowers tend to be brightly colored in the shades
of blues, yellows and ultraviolet.
• Fruits-apple, blackberry, peach, pear, plum, raspberry and
blueberry
• Vegetables- cucumber, squash, pumpkin, watermelon, tomato,
eggplant and potato
• Herbs- basil, chives, oregano, marjoram, mint, lavender,
rosemary and thyme
• Annuals- cleome, cosmos, lantana, snapdragons, sunflowers,
verbena and zinnias
• Spring/Summer Perennials-, agastache, baptisia, chelone,
coneflower, columbine, caryopteris, catmint, coral bells,
coreopsis, echinops, fox glove, grape hyacinth, liatris,
penstemon, rock cress, salvia, sedum, verbascum and yarrow
• Fall Perennials- aster, eupatorium, monkshood and solidago
Ultraviolet
Nectar Guides
“Landing Platforms”
University of Illinois
Pollinatarium
http://www.life.illinois.edu/pollinatarium