This special group of animals includes bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, flies, wasps, and bats. Pollinators look for nectar in flowers. As they fly from flower to flower, they accidentally carry pollen from the male to the female parts of the plants. This allows the plants to make seeds and fruit. About 80% of flowering plants depend on pollinators for this job. Foods like apples, carrots and peaches could not grow without them. Poisons that people use to kill pests and weeds also kill these animals.
