Why do they call sex talks ';the birds and the bees';?

what does that have to do with anything lolWhy do they call sex talks ';the birds and the bees';?
A euphemism for sex education, especially when taught informally. For example, It's time Father told the children about the birds and the bees. Cole Porter alluded to this expression in his witty song, ';Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love,'; (1928) when he noted that birds, bees, even educated fleas fall in love. This idiom alludes to sexual behavior in animals to avoid explicit explanation of human behavior. [Second half of 1800s]





According to tradition, the birds and the bees is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and consequence of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events such as plant pollination.





The idiom could date back as far as Shakespeare, from these lines in Act 4, Scene 6 of King Lear:





Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery? No.


The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly


Does lecher in my sight';





Here, Lear is talking to Gloucester about adultery, telling him that he must not fear being punished for it, as animals do it all the time and it is therefore a natural phenomenon. The link with the second line and the modern day idiom seems to fit, as both regard the subject of copulation, and particularly, copulation in nature. In this case, the wren represents the birds, whilst the ';gilded fly'; may refer to bees; which seem to be flies ';gilded'; with gold stripes.





Word sleuths William and Mary Morris[1] hint that it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge (1825): 'All nature seems at work ... The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ... and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.'';[2]





Several sources give credit to Cole Porter for coining the phrase.[3] One of the legendary musician's more famous songs was ';Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love.'; The 1928 standard contains the lyrics:[4]





And that's why birds do it, bees do it


Even educated fleas do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





Famous uses of this phrase come from the work of John Burroughs, a naturalist who lived and worked in the Catskills Mountains. He wrote a small pamphlet called ';Birds and Bees: Essays';[5] in which he explained the workings of nature in a way that children could understand. However, birds and bees are dealt with in separate sections; nowhere are they mentioned together. The phrase also had new meaning when it was adopted by singer Jewel Akens in the song, ';The Birds and the Bees';.Why do they call sex talks ';the birds and the bees';?
just a nice way of saying sex infront of the younger siblings that don't know anything about it yet...:D
lol i always wondered that
To confuse the little children.
You haven't seen sex until you've seen birds and bees gettin it on
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES HAVE HOT PASSIONATE SEX.
Birds and bees spread the pollen of flower. This is how flowers ';reproduce';
I opened this question to see the others answers because I don't know either