Abstract: The global sharp decline of pollinators is one of the hot issues concerned by ecologists, mainly driven by global climate change, land use change, habitat fragmentation and harmful substances such as pesticides brought by industrial and agricultural production. In contrast, the potential impact of soil heavy metal pollution on pollinators is lack of in-depth evaluation. Heavy metals in soil would enter plant tissues, such as flowers, etc., and be transmitted to pollinators during pollination. By affecting pollinators' behavior, they can change plant fitness for male and female. This review aimed to comprehensively sort out the status of research and existing problems, which would deepen our understanding on the ecological consequences caused by heavy metal pollution as well as the plant-animal relationship in response to environmental change. Summarizing previous researches, we reviewed findings on the pattern of heavy metal accumulation in flowers, the impacts of flower heavy metal accumulation on plant male and female fitnesses in addition to pollination behavior and the key aspects of life history of bees, to help understand the interrelationship between flower heavy metal accumulation and pollinators, and further expand the scientific understanding on the internal connection between soil heavy metal pollution and the decline of pollinators.

Key words: flower, accumulation of heavy metal, pollinator, reciprocal relationship, life history