FACT: Some plants have evolved specific features to attract flies, including unique colors, shapes, and odors. Flies can help increase crop ...
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FACT: Wasps are carnivorous. They hunt other insects to feed their young. Wasps also help pollinate many wildflowers.
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FACT: Small bees collect pollen with scopal hairs on their hind legs or belly and are known to drink sweat off humans.
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FACT: Honey bees collect pollen using their hind legs, which have special structures called pollen baskets.
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FACT: Carpenter bees make nesting cavities from dead wood. Male carpenter bees will often hover in front of people. No worries! They cannot ...
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FACT: Bumble bees vibrate muscles in their thorax to dislodge trapped pollen, which is called buzz pollination.
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About the Alabama Master Naturalist (AMN) Program
The Alabama Master Naturalist program is a statewide program that strives to promote awar...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — Alabama and other parts of the nation experienced natural disasters within the last year. Because of this, the s...
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