PPT-Nectar & Pollen Plants of Illinois

Bee Keeping Course Session III Managing the Colony NECTAR Nectar is a sweet liquid mostly sugar and water made in special glands called nectaries that are found on flowering plants Necatries. Arthur and Kelvin. -> Flowering involves a change in gene expression in the shoot apex.. -> The switch to flowering is a response to the length of light and dark periods in many plants.. -> Most flowering plants use mutualistic relationship with pollinators in sexual reproduction. Pollination. Pollination. is the transfer of pollen from the male anther to the female stigma.. Importance of Pollination. Sexual reproduction is important for evolution as it produces variable offspring, creating diversity and variation among populations (shuffling of genes).. In many plants, sexual reproduction occurs in the flower.. Unlike humans, the male and female sex cells in many plants are found in the same individual.. Organisms, like many flowers, that have both sets of sex organs are . 6. th. grade science. What is Pollination. Pollination:. the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower.. Fertilization. : occurs when the sperm in the pollen unites with an egg. . Gymnosperms. Have . long thin needle like leaves – . to conserve . water. .. Largest group are the conifers – “Christmas” . trees. Are “evergreens” – retain their leaves all year long. .. Looks like a social bee or wasp. Antennae are short with a bristle on end. Has only one pair of wings. Cannot sting or bite. Hairy. Considered a significant pollinator. Honey Bee. Social, lives in colonies in trees or hives. HONEYBEE ON OREGANO. HONEYBEE WITH FULL POLLEN SACK. PARTS OF A FLOWER. SOME PLANTS THAT ARE . COMMON. IN THE INLAND . NORTHWEST. . Alfalfa. Sweet Clover. Black Locust. Vetch. Star Thistle. Knapweed. Dr.. Jonathan Stephens. Senior Research Manager, Comvita NZ Limited. Honorary Research Fellow, Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology, University of Auckland. Manuka Honey Science Symposium. 9. th. Moist Dry environments. 1) Swimming sperm . (club moss, horsetails, ferns). 2) Airborne pollen swimming sperm . (few gymnosperms). 3)Airborne pollen . (gymnosperms & angiosperms). What, EXACTLY, are we trying to accomplish?. Chase a “nectar flow”?. This is primarily a concern for commercial beekeepers that will move their hives from one location to another. Plant things in a garden to help with pollination (. Spring 2013. Outline. Review of land plant phylogeny. Characters of seed plants. Gymnosperm phylogeny & diversity. Cycads. Gingko. Conifers. Gnetophytes. Review of land plant phylogeny. Green plants (viridophytes). Bees vs. Wasps & Hornets. Identification Challenge. What is this?. Honey Bee. What is this?. Yellow Jacket. What is this?. Hover Fly - mimic. What is this?. Fly - mimic. What is this?. Drone Fly - mimic. Ysgol. San Sior, Llandudno keep their own bees.. In a blind test, pitting their honey against another local honey and Australian Eucalyptus honey, every staff member could identify which honey was ‘theirs’.. What is Pollination. Pollination:. the transfer of pollen from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower.. Fertilization. : occurs when the sperm in the pollen unites with an egg. . Brainpop.