pollen

There’s a purpose to the stench: attracting flies and beetles to help carry pollen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Gentle breezes can also transport pollen over large distances away from the immediate sources and an easterly wind is expected in southern areas from Friday.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Grass pollen is dominant at this time of year but increasingly weed pollen is becoming more prevalent.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Bumblebees have much hairier bodies than honeybees, making it easier for dust and airborne particles containing heavy metals to cling to them before being carried back to the nest with pollen.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

That morning, when I offered pollen, I prayed for his family and those who loved him.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

It is estimated that 13 million people in the UK suffer from hay fever - an allergy to different pollens.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

Some of the most common tree pollens that cause allergies include birch, cedar, cottonwood, maple, elm, oak and walnut, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

“We’ve now got three different dating techniques—radiocarbon dating of the seeds, radiocarbon dating of the pollens and luminescence dating of the quartz—that all show people were there.”

From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 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

I then bagged groups of pistillate blossoms which I pollinized with different available pollens of the Carya ovata and these set nuts which started to grow, upon which I removed the bags.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association