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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 http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lmw/eb255 Livingston, McLean and Woodford Master Gardeners on Facebook. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Kelly AllsupKelly Allsup Horticulture Extension Educator
serving Livingston, McLean and Woodford Counties
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lmw/[email protected]
Flowers, Fruits and Frass Blog
http://web.extension.illinois.edu/lmw/eb255
Livingston, McLean and Woodford Master
Gardeners on Facebook
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POLLENPOLLEN• 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.
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POLLENPOLLEN• 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
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Bees Bees
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Flowers that Flowers that Attract BeesAttract 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
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UltravioletUltraviolet
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Nectar Guides Nectar Guides “Landing Platforms” “Landing Platforms”
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University of Illinois University of Illinois PollinatariumPollinatarium
http://www.life.illinois.edu/pollinatarium
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