Colorful Carpenter!
The black carpenter bee showcases important scientific elements in this image:
Light Physics, Love Chemistry and Plant Biology.
1. Physics of Light: The florescence on its wings is due to reflection of the sun rays that fall on the wings at a certain incidence angle. Those who love about light and reflections can study light patterns by analyzing the surface structure of its wings.
2. Biological Phenomenon: Love happens between plants through the process called as pollination. The nectar attracts all animals from tiny insects to birds like sunbirds and hummingbirds. When they consume nectar, their food, the plants paint up the animal bodies with pollen. Once a plant's pollen lands in another plant's flower, it pollinates the flower and it bears fruit.
Such love spread by bees is called as apiphily. Here the orange-yellow pollen grains are seen on this carpenter bee's body.
Colorful Carpenter!
The black carpenter bee showcases important scientific elements in this image:
Light Physics, Love Chemistry and Plant Biology.
1. Physics of Light: The florescence on its wings is due to reflection of the sun rays that fall on the wings at a certain incidence angle. Those who love about light and reflections can study light patterns by analyzing the surface structure of its wings.
2. Biological Phenomenon: Love happens between plants through the process called as pollination. The nectar attracts all animals from tiny insects to birds like sunbirds and hummingbirds. When they consume nectar, their food, the plants paint up the animal bodies with pollen. Once a plant's pollen lands in another plant's flower, it pollinates the flower and it bears fruit.
Such love spread by bees is called as apiphily. Here the orange-yellow pollen grains are seen on this carpenter bee's body.