"Insect Pollination: The Secret to Finding Pollen-Filled Flowers"
Insects use visual, olfactory, and electric cues to find pollen in flowers, which often hide their pollen to prevent it from being eaten by the wrong pollinators. Flowers can evolve specialized relationships with specific pollinators, influencing how insects make their choices, and different insects are attracted to specific colors, with bees preferring blue and flies gravitating toward yellow. Individual insects within a social colony can also make different decisions in pollen gathering based on learning and experience.