BOTANY
PLANT REPRODUCTION
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Birds
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Bats
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Bees
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moth, birds (sunbirds and humming birds) and bats are the common pollinating agents.
Detailed explanation-2: -Insect pollinators include bees, (honeybees, solitary species, bumblebees); pollen wasps (Masarinae); ants; a variety of flies including bee flies and hoverflies; lepidopterans, both butterflies and moths; and flower beetles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pollination by insects is called entomophily and pollination by birds is called ornithophily. Pollination by vertebrates is known as zoophily. Abiotic agents – Wind and water. Wind pollination is known as anemophily and pollination by water is called hydrophily.
Detailed explanation-4: -Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees are pollinators. They visit flowers to drink nectar or feed off of pollen and transport pollen grains as they move from spot to spot.