Why don’t flowers just produce nectar? – Frontiers for Young Minds

Question: Why don’t flowers just produce nectar?
- Keywords:
  flower,
  nectar,
  produce
Asked by anon-364684 about Tricking the Bees: How Some Flowers Cheat on 6 Jun 2023
- João Aguiar answered on 6 Jun 2023:
  
  Hi Christian,
  
  To produce nectar, which is manly made of sugar and water, flowers spend a lot of energy.
  
  So some flowers have the strategy to avoid spending so much energy by tricking the pollinators.
  
  Cheers
  
  João