Vincent Teo  +  701839 Sun, 26 Apr 09 09:00 AM Can I say, The bee is sucking nectar in the flowers. The bee is sucking nectar of / on the flower. Vincent Teo Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007 Veteran Member 5,660 Plants

	Avangi  +  701878 Sun, 26 Apr 09 09:26 AM With "flowers" in the plural, we'd say, The bee is looking /searching for nectar in the flowers. The bee is gathering nectar in the flowers. In the case of a single flower, it would be possible to use "sucking."  The bee is sucking nectar from the flower."  That is, at this particular moment, he is in the act of sucking. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,172 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Plurals, Plants

	Avangi  +  701884 Sun, 26 Apr 09 09:28 AM or, The bee is gathering nectar from the flowers. Avangi Plants

	Avangi  +  701888 Sun, 26 Apr 09 09:35 AM If you really wanted to use "of," I think you'd need to say "sucking the nectar of the flower." I don't think "on" works very well. Avangi Plants

	MrPedantic  +  701955 Sun, 26 Apr 09 10:32 AM 1. The bee is sucking nectar on the flower.   I would agree that this doesn't seem to suit your intended meaning, and would be a slightly unusual statement; it confirms the position of the bee, at the moment of taking nectar from the flower   MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Plants