This enormous animal might look dangerous, but is in fact a harmless animal which filters a swimming pool of water every hour. For more information about the basking shark see Animal Fact Sheet Number 4. Pollen baskets are formed by special hairs on the back legs of bees. When a bee visits a flower, prickly pollen grains stick to its body. The bee uses special combs on its front legs to pack the pollen into the hairy baskets and flies back to its colony or hive.
Pollination is the fertilisation of a plant and occurs in many different ways.
An example of insect pollination is when a bumblebee visits a flower. The bee gathers the pollen into 'baskets' on its back legs and when it visits another flower of the same species pollen grains from the first flower fall off. These fertilise the female part of the flower, which then produces seeds. These seeds will be released and eventually grow into plants. Another method of pollination is by the wind.