What is Pollination?

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An entomologist is a scientist who learns about insects. Some entomologists study honeybees. Honeybees are a really cool insect because

they help plants grow. Today, you are going to learn about how honeybees help plants grow through a process called pollination. With

the help of an adult, read the attached article. The article will tell you more about honeybees and pollination. Then, answer the questions

below.

1. Pollination is a process that allows plants to reproduce or create more plants. There are 4 stages of pollination. Draw a picture to go with

each stage of pollination.

2. What would happen if bees didn’t take pollen from one flower to another?

A honeybee lands on a flower

and gets pollen on its body.

The pollen is used to grow

more plants.

A honeybee flies to another

flower. The flower from its

body goes onto the flower.

Plants produce a yellow grain

called pollen.

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4. In the article, the author says that honeybees are dying. One reason they are dying is because of pesticides. Pesticides are chemicals

that people spray on crops. Use the box below to make a sign that tells people that pesticides harm bees!

5. Do you think it would be fun to be an entomologist? Why or why not?

3. Fill in the sentence below.

If bees didn’t taken pollen from one flower to another

What is Pollination?

Arissa the Entomologist:

Exploring Pollination 

Hi everyone! My name is

Arissa, and I am an

entomologist. An

entomologist is a scientist

who learns about insects.

Some examples of insects

I can study are butterflies,

bees, ants, or beetles!

Why I Became an Architect

Meet Arissa!

There are over 90,000 different

kinds of insects in the world?

That's a lot of bugs!

Did you know?

When I was a kid, I loved playing outside and looking for

insects. My mom and I would take walks in the woods and

look under rocks and logs. We would bring a camera with us

to take pictures of the coolest bugs we found! One time, we

found a giant beetle under a log!

Why I Became an Architect

Entomologists

Beetles

Study of Butterflies

World of Ants

Bees

Why I Became an Entomologist

One day, I went to my school library so

I could check out books on insects.

The librarian told me that I should also

check out books on entomologists!

I am an agricultural entomologist. “Agriculture” refers to

growing crops. Examples of crops are potatoes or bananas.

As an agricultural entomologist, I learn about how insects

harm or help crops.

Why I Became an Architect

Being an Entomologist

Colorado potato beetles are

insects that harm crops. They

harm crops by eating them!

The beetles will eat potato and

tomato crops.

Ladybugs are insects that help

crops. They help crops by

eating pests that harm crops.

What I am Working On

Right now, I am learning about an insect that helps crops - the

honeybee! The honey bee is a pollinator. They help crops by

spreading pollen so more crops can grow!

Honeybees land on a

flower to drink nectar.

Then, pollen gets

stuck to their bodies.

Next, they fly to a new

flower and spread the

pollen.

Pollen is then used by

nature to grow other

plants, flowers, and crops.

Solving a Big Problem!

Because honeybees help pollinate crops, they are very

important insects! The problem is that honeybees are dying!

One reason honeybees are dying is because of pesticides.

Pesticides are chemicals that people spray on crops to kill

harmful insects, like the Colorado potato beetles. The

problem is that some pesticides are also killing honeybees!

Saving Honeybees

As an entomologist, it is my job to protect honeybees. I have

come up with some ideas that we can use to protect crops

instead of pesticides.

One idea is to use nets to

put over the crops. That

way, harmful insects can't

eat the crops.

Another idea is to put

helpful insects, like

ladybugs, near the crops.

That way, they can eat

harmful bugs who want to

munch on crops!

Do you have an idea

on how to protect

honeybees?