Flowering palms

I was doing some site cleanup yesterday – removing dead fronds from our palm shrubs – and noticed that they are all “flowering”.  Not that a palm produces flowers, but they all go through a reproductive phase.  Some had pollen-covered “antlers” growing from their stems.  But one had pods of what looked like bananas, split open to reveal thousands of little white pearls.  Seeds?  Don’t know, but maybe I will research it.