Most discussion of pollination focuses on the importance of honey bees as pollinators, but this is really only true for crop plants and other exotic plants. Honey bees are not native to the Americas and there are literally thousands of other bees and insects that are important pollinators of native plants. This talk is a brief overview of different kinds of pollination, what it is, why it’s important to plants and the animals that pollinate them. Class will include a discussion about all the different kinds of pollinators other than honey bees.