pollen
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AI software can identify each open blossom and direct a robotic arm — or a worker — to release pollen with the precision needed to avoid deformed fruit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The bees received pollen, water, and food contaminated with the pesticide methyl parathion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
By studying the types of pollen trapped in the coatings and measuring their relative abundance, the researchers were able to narrow down where some of the pitch may have been produced or reapplied during repairs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
To investigate the coatings, the researchers performed structural, molecular, and pollen analyses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Field bees were the ones with good navigation skills and tireless hearts, going out to gather nectar and pollen.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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
So there's no evidence that spreading local honey on your toast will help hay fever caused by grass and tree pollens.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
“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
Climate scientists at the University of Michigan looked at 15 different plant pollens in the United States and used computer simulations to calculate how much worse allergy season will likely get by the year 2100.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
Lynx, 6. visu pollens, The tayled fox, 7. the craftiest of all.
From The Orbis Pictus by Charles Hoole
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Life Science: Plants
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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