Some of the pollen rubs off on the female organs of the next flower that the bee visits. Pollination, the first step toward producing the next generation of plants, is accomplished. And although it is still too cold to find bees outside, you can stop by the Montshire Museum any time to visit our resident honeybees in their see-through hive. Wednesday Hummingbirds, which use their long tongues to drink nectar from flowers, are also important pollinators of certain plants. Most flowers pollinated by hummingbirds don't have a strong smell, because birds rely more on sight than smell when finding food.
Hummingbirds usually look for large, bright red or yellow flowers.
On the other hand, insects are attracted to sweet-smelling flowers, and their eyesight is more sensitive to bright blues and yellows. Some flowers pollinated by insects, such as violets and some orchids, have markings called 'nectar guides' on their lower petals to direct the insect towards the richest food source. Thursday Humans are not the only animals that visit dentists. Deep under the ocean, there are little fish and shrimp that make their living by cleaning the teeth of larger fish. The big fish wait their turn at the cleaning station, like patients in a dentist's waiting room.