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Asked by Joe07 to Roberto, William, Karen, Jasmine, Chinna on 8 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by Jessica109, Jessica209.
Question: We were learning about insect pollination how long does it take for insect pollination to happen?
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Roberto answered on 8 Nov 2018:
Sorry, I think I have not fully understood your question. Let’s see if my answer can fit anyway.
Once a bee visits a flower, she gets her body completely with flower pollen, like the dust on your clothes when you walk on a very dry beach. Then, when she moves to another flower, immediately after having visited the first flower, she brings with her all of that pollen attached to her body. This pollen movement through the bee, allows the new visited flower to get enough pollen to be pollinated.
So, since a bee is able to visit more than 500 flowers a day, that means that a bee only stops on each flower for very few seconds, which are normally enough to allow the pollination to happen.
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Joe07 commented on :
Thank you!
Jessica209 commented on :
That’s very much for answering and that’s very interesting.