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A study from Kobe University suggests this unusual interaction reshapes how scientists understand the balance between plants and the insects that pollinate them.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

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

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

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

“Exactly. That’s what monoculture means: Everything the same. After enough orchids build up in an area, there aren’t enough hummingbirds to pollinate them. You know, to spread the seeds.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

While in orchids the length of the flower tube closely matches the length of the pollinating insect mouthparts, the island wasp has much shorter mouthparts than the bumblebee that pollinates Goodyera henryi on the mainland.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023

The tequila bat feeds on the flowers of the agave—a kind of succulent—and pollinates them.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

For example, the Tegeticula moth species pollinates California’s famed Joshua trees, while the succulent is the only food source for the moth’s offspring.

From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022

It self pollinates as it has both male and female flowers and the opening and closing of doors in the palm house is enough passage of air for this to happen.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2021

These cases where it is said that the black walnut pollinates the Persian regularly and is producing good crops of nuts, I would consider doubtful until I see the seedlings, their growth and characteristics.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association

For many varieties, if you want a crop, then the flowers have to pollinated in the dark, often by hand.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026

Over the decades, that seed has grown into a wild and unruly tangle of misinformation and hysteria, amply pollinated by social media, wellness influencers, and a lack of science literacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024

Plants that are pollinated by insects and have to defend themselves against herbivores have evolved to be better adapted to different types of soil.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

Many of the pollinated flowers lead to the fruits and vegetables that humans and other animals depend upon.

From NewsForKids.net ● May 13, 2024

Through pollinated air she saw a glorious being coming up the road.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

Teller’s bees were used for pollinating crops such as almonds on farms, and he also rescued bees before rehabilitating them and later renting them out for pollination.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Farmers pay Funkhouser to truck his bees across the country -- as far as the almond fields of California -- where they spend around two weeks pollinating crops.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Last year, the botanic garden installed bioacoustics monitors on trees to record pollinating insects' population by listening to the sound of their buzz.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Bees are responsible for pollinating roughly one-third of the crops grown around the world, making their health critical for food systems, food security and communities everywhere.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

Some agricultural crops and many wild plants are partly or wholly dependent on the services of the native pollinating insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson