pollination

"We need many bees for successful pollination," Orr said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

For Odora and Odorysseus, siblings from a 2002 pollination, a double bloom is unlikely, Tam said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Orr emphasized that maintaining healthy bee populations is essential for successful pollination.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

Amid a global biodiversity crisis, birds -- which play a vital role in pollination, seed dispersal and controlling insect populations -- are one of the fastest declining groups.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

With- out insect pollination, most of the soil-holding and soil-enrich- ing plants of uncultivated areas would die out, with far-reaching consequences to the ecology of the whole region.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

To prevent bees from messing up the experiments with promiscuous pollinations, it was found necessary to clip the petals.

From Time Magazine Archive

Annually Boerner makes 10,000 hand pollinations, getting up to ten tiny seeds from each crossing.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1903 and succeeding years the writer made many careful pollinations of the native chestnut and the bush chinquapin with European and Japanese chestnuts in many varieties.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Seventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. September 8 and 9, 1916. by Northern Nut Growers Association

This is the procedure ordinarily used for our controlled pollinations.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953 by Northern Nut Growers Association

In 1932 the pollinations were made at Geneva, using a Barcelona tree covered with a tightly woven cloth.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947 by Northern Nut Growers Association