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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Nectar.jpg|thumb|250px|Nectar of camellia]]<br /> '''Nectar''', in [[botany]], is a sugar-rich liquid produced by the flowers of plants in order to attract pollinating animals. It is produced in glands called ''nectaries'', which are generally at the base of the [[perianth]], so that pollinators are made to brush the flower's reproductive structures, the [[anthers]] and [[pistil]], while accessing the nectar. Nectar that is produced outside the flower is generally produced to attract predatory insects. They will eat both the nectar and any plant-eating insects around, thus functioning 'bodyguards'[http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521819415].<br /> <br /> Nectar is economically important as it is the sugar source for [[honey]]. It is also useful in [[agriculture]] and [[horticulture]] because the adult stages of many predatory insects, as well as [[hummingbirds]], feed on nectar.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Nectar source]]<br /> *[[Nectar guide]]<br /> *[[Northern Nectar Sources for Honey Bees]]<br /> *[[Nectar Lifesciences]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:botany]]</div>

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