Science Insects & Minibeastsusually ages 7–9

Bees and pollination

Bees and pollination: how flowers and insects depend on each other. Bees visit flowers for nectar, pollen sticks to their bodies and transfers to the next flower. Without pollination many plants cannot make seeds or fruit. Why bees matter for the food we eat.

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Describe how pollen moves from one flower to another when a bee visits to collect nectar
Explain that many fruits and vegetables depend on bees or other insects for pollination
State what would happen to a garden or farm if there were no pollinating insects

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If your child saw a bee buzzing around flowers in the garden, could they explain how the bee is helping the plant — and why that matters for the food we eat?

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Builds on

Social insects: ants and beesages 7–9Understanding bee colonies provides context for understanding pollination as a bee behaviour

Minibeasts in the food chainages 5–7Simple food chain understanding prepares for interdependence concept in pollination

Bees and pollinationthis skill · ages 7–9

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Insects in ecosystemsages 9–11Must understand pollination before studying insects' full range of ecosystem roles

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Curriculum alignment

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