Harmony Between Bees and Flowers
Though bees play a most important role in flower fertilization, there are some flowers that they cannot pollinate. For example, since bees cannot distinguish the color red, they are unable to seek out-and pollinate- red flowers. Some all-red flowers, such as sweet bay, red carnations and wild flax, are pollinated by other insects. Besides their colors, these species of flower have other characteristics that also prevent their being pollinated by bees. These species' nectar lies deep down in the flower. Insects seeking to pollinate these flowers must possess special organs in order to reach these flowers' internal regions. And of course, these insects must also be able to see the color red. In other words, the insects that will pollinate these flowers need to possess both a special organ to allow them to reach down into the depths of the flower, and eyes that can perceive the color red. In nature, only two species of insect can perceive the color red-wasps and butterflies, and moreover, both these insects possess a long proboscis with which they can reach down into the deepest parts of the flower.90
It's of course meaningless to try to account for such harmony in terms of blind chance. No random coincidence can give two different species of living thing physical properties so mutually compatible. This harmony proves that both were created by a single Creator: God created both to be mutually compatible.
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THE BUCKET ORCHID AND BEES
One example of the harmony between insects and flowers is that between bees and the bucket orchids. The plant secretes a liquid that drips into the orchid’s bucket. A bee drawn by the fragrance of the flower falls into the slippery part of the flower that contains the liquid. The bee has only one way out: a narrow tunnel, with pollen on its entrance. As the bee strives to escape, the pollen rubs off and sticks to its back. Shortly afterward, it escapes out of the trap and goes to another orchid, leaving behind some of the pollen stuck to its back, thus fertilizing the flower. The bee also acquires an aromatic substance with which to attract female bees. The harmony between these two living things, plant and insect, is proof that they are both created by our Almighty Lord. Natural History, March 1999, pp. 72-74. |
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