Bees and Hummingbirds Are Very Good Accidental Pollinators

Essay

Bees and hummingbirds are very good accidental pollinators.When they visit flowers to extract nectar,they pick up pollen from a flower and carry it to the next flower that they visit; this helps to distribute the pollen and the genes carried in the pollen to a different plant.Explain how bright red wildflowers that easily attract bees and hummingbirds might become more prevalent in a wildflower population of both red and white flowers through natural selection.