Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –
The end of spring is a unique time when nature pleases with bright colors and unique aromas. Specialists of the capital Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection talked about the plants that bloom during this period.
There is usually a strategically thought-out mechanism behind the external beauty. According to experts, the color, shape, smell and size of the plant’s flower are designed to attract the attention of pollinating insects.
Flowers have nectaries – glandular organs that secrete nectar. However, the plant is ready to “treat” not every insect with it, but only the one that, thanks to its morphological structure, can reach the secret glands, taking pollen with it for another flower. Thus, flies and small bees pollinate early coltsfoot. Bumblebees are mass pollinators of the first forest flowers, such as creeping bugleweed and ground ivy.
Beetles pollinate large rosehip and elderberry flowers well. But honey bees are very selective about the amount of sugar in the nectar, so in spring their main food source is flowering willows, various types of maples and caragana arborescens.
The next productive honey harvest awaits bees on raspberry flowers. Its fruit is a complex drupe, and in order for the berry itself to be juicy, tasty and beautiful, pollination of all the ovaries, which serve to capture pollen, is necessary. For this reason, a large number of bees are required. Raspberries secrete quite a lot of nectar, bees fly to them even after sunset, so as a result, the hive becomes several kilograms heavier. The beginning of raspberry blossoming with a barely perceptible honey aroma is an indicator of the end of spring and the onset of summer.
The capital’s Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection reminds that all plants are important for the Moscow ecosystem, so experts urge city residents to admire the greenery and not harm it.
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