A Conversation for Ant on a Rose
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Jun 7, 2020
Sure, some ants fly, at least during part of their lives. They can, if they wish, fly form flower to flower with pollen sticking to them.
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But f the ant isn't flying, bring pollen from flower to flower is less llkely.
But the rose didn't know that. It probably provides plenty of nectar, so if some of it doesn't advance pollination, that'snot a great loss. besides, those double leaves develop out of what would have been stamens or whatever. So, less chance of rosehips, which contain seeds.
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted Jun 7, 2020
I think the ant may have fallen from the tree above the rose. Also I forgot to cut off the old flowers and they indeed develeoped to rosehips. I wasn't aware of the relation between double elaves and rosehips!
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 8, 2020
I meant to sat=y double petals, not double leaves. If those roses developed rosehips, I'm happy to know about it. 
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor Posted Jun 8, 2020
No worries, I know what you meant but repeated the same mistake. 
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Jun 9, 2020
If you repeat a mistake three times, people are apt to think it's rue. At least that was a central conceit in "Hunting of the snark."
The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. Posted Jun 12, 2020
Love the silken appearance of the rose. Maybe the ant was using it as a trampoline?
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The ant is there for the nectar, but don't count on pollination,
- 1: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 7, 2020)
- 2: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (Jun 7, 2020)
- 3: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 8, 2020)
- 4: Tavaron da Quirm - Arts Editor (Jun 8, 2020)
- 5: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Jun 9, 2020)
- 6: Caiman raptor elk - Inside big box, thinking. (Jun 12, 2020)
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