What are pollinators?

Pollinators are helpers that help plants make more babies.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy, maybe a car or a doll. Now imagine that toy needs a friend to come and play with it so they can have more toys just like them. That’s kind of what pollinators do, but for plants.

Pollinators are little helpers that move pollen, which is like tiny dust, from one flower to another. When pollen moves, it helps flowers make new plants, just like how you and your friend can make more toys if you play together!

Bees are the most famous pollinators, but butterflies, birds, bats, and even some little bugs help out too.

Think about a bee flying from flower to flower. As it goes from one flower to another, some of that tiny pollen sticks to its legs. Then, when it lands on the next flower, it drops off some pollen, and poof! That flower might grow into a new plant.

So pollinators are like little messengers who help plants have more friends, or more babies!