What is the pollination of a plant by an insect called?

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from the stamens to the stigma or receptive part of the flowers in angiosperms, where the ovules of the flower germinate and fertilize, making possible the production of seeds and fruits.
Plants that are pollinated with the help of animals are classified as Biotic pollination and if the animals are insects it is called an "Entomophilous" pollination vector.
What techniques do plants use to attract bees?

Biotically pollinated plants need certain animals to reproduce
When the vector is an insect, the pollen carried is called an entomophile. Within biotic pollination (caused by animals) the pollination service carried out by insects is called “entomophilous”.
Plants reward their pollinators with ...

To ensure that an insect participates in the reproduction of a plant it is best to provide a reward.
Plants need pollinators, such as bees, to visit them frequently and in all their flowers. The reward will be sweet like nectar and a superfood like pollen.
How many species of bees are there?

Some species of bees are solitary, others form families of less than 200 bees, and others may have very, (very) large families.
There are about 20,000 species of bees classified in the world, but only 5,000 are social bees (of these, only 30 are Apis mellifera that accumulate honey). The rest, 15,000, are lonely.
How many bees are in an apiary that has 10 hives? (in the middle of spring)

Bees form numerous social groups and the population of a hive varies according to the food resources in the environment and the seasons of the year.
Bees spend the winters with 10,000 bees, but when spring comes and food resources grow they have a population of close to 40,000 members of the same family. Well that ... We count 10 hives * 40,000 bees = 400,000
Who do you think rules a hive?

Bees are a complex social group, working for the common welfare of their family. But someone or a group must organize that house with thousands of inhabitants
It is easy to think that the queen rules the hive, with her crown, scepter of command and her cauldron of royal jelly. But not. Nor are the more experienced bees in command. Those who rule the hive are the youngest bees, the ones that have not yet gone out to work to bring food. This is so because in the "ideal" and wonderful world of bees, those who make the decisions that affect the future are those who will be able to live it. The older bees are only there to serve the younger ones.
How do bees help all living beings on Earth to have a better future?

We want to ask you about the value of bees and pollinators for the Planet
You already knew it!! Truth? Bees, and other pollinators, are generous peasants who help the liveliness and biodiversity of planet Earth.
Where does the queen mate?

Bees have survived 5 mass extinctions, their success is given by their model of reproduction and genetic improvement.
Mating begins when a virgin queen flies to a site where many
drones are waiting. There it mates with several males in flight. A drone mounts the queen and adapts to her endophalon, ejaculates semen and remains completely immobile. Subsequently, the queen receives the sperm by sucking it through abdominal contractions, which tears the sexual organs of the drone, finally the drone falls torn and dies.
What is pecoreo?

Adult bees perform many actions outside the hives in their last 800 km of flight
Pecoreo is called to the behavior of the worker bees of Apis mellifera or domestic bee that collect water, pollen and nectar of the apicultural flora of a certain geographic place.
Do you know the name of the ectoparasite that kills bees?

The pathology that most affects bees came from Asia and was distributed throughout the planet by the trafficking of species, it is called Varroosis
Varroa destructor is an external parasitic mite that attacks Apis cerana and Apis mellifera bees. The disease caused by mites is called varroosis, and it is the main disease that currently affects bees.
What does a beekeeper use the smoker for?
Beekeepers use the smoker with different acaricidal herbs
Beekeepers use the smoker with different acaricidal herbs that help the bees in a complementary way to get rid of the parasites, they also help the bees stay inside the hive because when they feel the smoke they believe there is a fire and they start to eat nectar to escape, this way the beekeeper can work without being stung.
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