"1112736171"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The talk about sex, often colloquially referred to as \"the birds and the bees\" or \"the facts of life\", is generally the occasion in most children's lives when their parents explain what sex is and how to do it. According to tradition, \"the birds and the bees\" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to the way a man brings about fertilisation. Female birds laying eggs is a similarly visible and easy-to-explain parallel to female ovulation."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The talk about sex, often colloquially referred to as \"the birds and the bees\" or \"the facts of life\", is generally the occasion in most children's lives when their parents explain what sex is and how to do it."@en . . . . . . . . "8341"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4889379"^^ . . "The birds and the bees"@en . . .