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Insects pollinate more than 80 percent of wild plant species, serve as food for 60 percent of bird species, and support food webs, nutrient cycling, and global food production.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Some indoor farms do not have bees, and growers pay workers to pollinate flowers by hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bees don't pollinate grass and trees - they pollinate flowers, which don't cause hay fever.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025

Insects are essential members of the web of life that pollinate many flowering plants, serve as a food source for birds and animals, and perform other important ecological services.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2024

He kills thousands of harmless insects as well, including some that actually do good, such as bees that pollinate the flowers and give us honey.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

While in orchids the length of the flower tube closely matches the length of the pollinating insect mouthparts, the island wasp has much shorter mouthparts than the bumblebee that pollinates Goodyera henryi on the mainland.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023

The tequila bat feeds on the flowers of the agave—a kind of succulent—and pollinates them.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

It self pollinates as it has both male and female flowers and the opening and closing of doors in the palm house is enough passage of air for this to happen.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021

“Each fig species has a specific wasp type that pollinates the flower inside the fruit,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2018

The Carpathian "D", apparently, pollinates the Crath No. 1 well.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

At his roadside stand, Shafer still plans to sell honey from the bees that pollinated his trees.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

Pumpkins need to be pollinated to produce fruit.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

Over the decades, that seed has grown into a wild and unruly tangle of misinformation and hysteria, amply pollinated by social media, wellness influencers, and a lack of science literacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

Many of the pollinated flowers lead to the fruits and vegetables that humans and other animals depend upon.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 13, 2024

Through pollinated air she saw a glorious being coming up the road.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Farmers pay Funkhouser to truck his bees across the country -- as far as the almond fields of California -- where they spend around two weeks pollinating crops.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

"We don't shy away from those conversations," Tanshi said, explaining that bats contribute to their ecosystems, such as by dispersing seeds and pollinating plants.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Bees are responsible for pollinating roughly one-third of the crops grown around the world, making their health critical for food systems, food security and communities everywhere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

They are also, not incidentally, highly useful to human society, producing honey and beeswax — both of which are used in a wide range of products — while also pollinating the plants that feed us.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025

The farmers loved her bees, thanks to all the pollinating they did, how they made the watermelons redder and the cucumbers bigger.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd