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

Interruptions in egg laying, declining colony strength and reduced pollination or honey output often follow.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025

From pollination, to being an essential food source, to helping the decaying process.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 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

Several hundred species of wild bees take part in the pollination of cultivated crops — 100 species visiting the flowers of alfalfa alone.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson