Flies: the often overlooked pollinators | Natural History Museum

Around 80% of Earth's flowering plants need animals to pollinate them - but it's not just bees getting the job done.
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[RobertSmith-nvgp]

Well well well i never new this i only thought it was just bees do the pollinating of fruit and veg and plants I never thought of a fly doing the pollinating of fruit and veg and coco bean where our chocolate comes from very fascinating to learn all about this this quite extraordinary piece information from the national history museum it's something that school children could learn about and this rather really good piece of science from the national history museum thank you for sharing this interesting natural history museum video

[Dragracingqueen]

Thank you! I am working with a client TERRIFIED of flies, and every video I kept finding was about how flies helped solve murders back in the day and that they can spread diseases- not something I want to introduce to her to help with exposure therapy. X____X this is helpful!