pollinate

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While some bee-keepers aim only to produce honey, many others rent out their hives to farmers who need the insects to pollinate their crops.

From BBC • May 31, 2025

Those don't sound like organisms that anybody actively wants to lure, but these bugs are helping to pollinate the plant.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024

Insects pollinate plants, provide critical protein for all kinds of baby birds and nourish the soil.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Vetch furnishes essential spring forage for bees before the alfalfa is in bloom, tiding them over this early season so that they are ready to pollinate the alfalfa.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson