pollen

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Working with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark, the scientists engineered a diet that mimics the key nutrients bees normally get from pollen.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Three years after building their Memphis house, they admitted they were losing their battle against pollen, which unfailingly settled into the screened-in porch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

The pollen forecast will be available on the BBC Weather app from Thursday 19 March.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Earlier studies on Rapa Nui relied on indicators such as pollen, plant remains, elemental chemistry, and how quickly sediments built up to infer past environmental changes.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

He gave me four pinches of pollen to eat and then sprinkled a trail that circled from me to the door and around the south side of the fire.

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