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Pollination

A flower’s next chapter

A bee comes for nectar. Pollen catches a ride.

Pink flowers Purple flowers

Two flower species. Pollen must reach another plant of the same color here.

6bees
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0pods grown
0seeds released
32plants now
0sprouted
0died

Bees visit flowers for nectar. Watch for pollen on their legs.

A visit may deliver pollen. Fertilization can then start seeds. Plants can flower more than once.

Experiment

Seeds need water, air and suitable warmth. Cold soil slows sprouting; dry or waterlogged soil prevents it here. Seedbed affects seeds only. Try zero bees, then six. Edits take effect when you apply them. Sprouted, died, pollinations, pods, and released seeds are totals since restart.

Pollen, bees, and growth are enlarged or sped up. Not every visit delivers pollen, and not every delivery makes seeds. One flower is shown at a time on each plant. These annual plants can bloom again before they grow old and die. Conditions and timings are simplified.

What’s happening in Pollination?

A bee visits flowers for food. As it moves, pollen can stick to its body and travel with it.

Try this: Watch a bee visit two flowers of the same color. Look closer at a flower to watch its seed pod grow and open.