Plants rely on wind, water, gravity, birds, insects, bats, and other animals that visit flowers to transfer pollen from the male parts of the flower to the female parts. These vehicles of pollination are called pollinators.

Animals are one of the most common vehicles of pollination. Ontario has a diverse range of pollinator animals, including flies, beetles, ants, moths, wasps, hummingbirds, bats, butterflies and bees, which spread pollen from one plant to another as they navigate flowers for food.​