The lower flowers usually begin blooming 2 to 3 months after seeding, and blooming continues for some time until the uppermost flowers are open. Sesame is a source of nectar and some honey for beekeepers primarily because it flowers in midsummer when little else in the area is blooming. It is an excellent source of pollen for bees. This indicated that hybrids might be produced that would outyield current cultivars. A crossing method involving bees might prove quite beneficial.
Honey bees are the primary visitors to sesame flowers.
Later, it emerges coated with pollen and flies to another flower. However, no benefit from such crossing, although established in many other crops that have been considered self-pollinating, has been established for sesame. The effect of insect visitation on the individual flower has not been studied. Indian Bot. Soc.