nectar

     

Nectar is a sugar-rich liqui produced by plants. It is produced either by the flowers, in which it attracts pollinating animals or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists providing anti-herbivore protection. It is produced in glands called nectaries.

Trivia about nectar

  • Bees gather this flower secretion to make honey
  • This drink of the gods on Mt. Olympus was said to resemble red wine
  • The honey possum, a tiny marsupial, feeds on this sweet liquid, a favorite of hummingbirds
  • It's the drink of the gods, & of honeybees
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue with a tray of bees in front of her.) Honey is produced by the evaporation of this liquid that bees collect from flowers & then regurgitate
  • The "Sea of" this sweet plant secretion that attracts insects & birds
  • The animal seen here is loaded up with this saccharine secretion
  • In the digestive tract, some bees turn this flower product into honey
  • Female gnats have mandibles for bloodsucking; males don't, & feed on this liquid, like gods

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