pollination

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"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

These results suggest new management strategies that could be particularly valuable during peak pollination or honey production, when losing a queen can severely affect a colony.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

Poor pollination and high temperatures negatively affect how much cacao the trees produce, the researchers report in a study published in February.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

As explained by the AP, pistachio orchards “can be sustained with minimal water during drought” and their trees “rely on wind instead of bees for pollination and can produce nuts for decades longer.”

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

Recall that most wild plants either are regularly cross-pollinated hermaphrodites or consist of separate male and female individuals that inevitably depend on another individual for pollination.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond