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pollination

[pol-uh-ney-shuhn] / ˌpɒl əˈneɪ ʃən /


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Although farmers in Riverside County should be able to turn to other companies to rent their honeybees for pollination needs, Teller anticipates downstream effects for bee removal customers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

Janine Griffiths-Lee, a pollination research lead, said that trees provided "sources of pollen and nectar earlier in the season".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

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




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