ᗪO ᗩᑎTՏ ᕼᗴᒪᑭ ᑭOᒪᒪIᑎᗩTIOᑎ ? Ants form a great group of social insects that are great ...

... lovers of nectar. These busy insects are often observed visiting flowers to collect energy rich nectar.
Ants are wingless and must crawl into each flower to reach their reward. Ants are more likely to take nectar without effectively cross-pollinating flowers.
Researchers have discovered that some ants are not important pollinators, even though they visit flowers and may have pollen grains attach to their bodies.
These scientists discovered that some ants and their larvae secrete a natural substance that acts as an antibiotic. This secretion protects ants from bacterial and fungal infections. Unfortunately for the flowers which are visited by these ants, this secretion also kills a pollen grain very rapidly when it comes in contact with this natural antibiotic.