Pollinator

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I couldn't find a bee to photograph, fun fact, humans are also pollinators!
A pollinator is an organism that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the stigma of a flower or plant. Without pollinators many plants wouldn’t reproduce seeds which is necessary for them to spread and reproduce. Examples of pollinators include birds, rodents, monkeys, bees, wasps, and even humans! In china in the 90's humans were hired to pollinate apple blossoms using chopsticks, brushes, and other soft materials to transfer pollen to the blossoms of each tree.

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