pollen
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The nutritional quality of pollen and the diversity of plants producing it may also be important.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, pollen did not evolve mainly as a food reward for pollinators.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Nectar supplies mostly sugar, while pollen is their primary source of protein.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Instead of simply eating more pollen to compensate for missing nutrients, bees may reduce their intake when another nutrient becomes excessive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
He looked back at the way he had come: the snowflakes were swirling in tall chimneys of wind, filling his tracks like pollen sprinkled in the mountain lion’s footprints.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
They also produced artificial foods designed to mimic either the amino acid composition of different pollens or the composition of honeybee tissues.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
She also explains that asthma is likely influenced by where someone lives—exposure to pollutants as well as the types of pollens or allergens can differ from region to region.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
He was commiserating with a friend in 2018 about his allergies to cats, dust, and pollens, and how things had gotten so bad in his teen years that he tried shots.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
"You can end up breathing in both pollens simultaneously, rather than having a bit of a break from one to the next," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
This is because of the mixture of pollens which fertilize the pistils.
From The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
Vocabulary lists containing pollen
Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Introduction
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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