Insect pollination is crucial to most gardens and is as simple as insects like bees, butterflies and wasps flying from flower to flower in order to collect nectar. ... This fertilizes the flower and the plant will then grow seeds and the fruit around the seeds.

How are insects useful in pollination?

Insects pollinate flowers when they go in search of food. Flowers produce a sugary liquid called nectar which many insects consume. ... When such insects move from one to another flower of the same species, pollen gets transferred to the stigma of flowers thereby causing pollination.

Why do flowers need insects?

Lots of plants rely on insects like bees to reproduce. To make a seed, a flower needs to be pollinated. Pollen from one flower needs to travel to another. ... Lots of our fruit and vegetables come from plants that are pollinated by bees.