pollination
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"Nature has already designed the perfect pollination system. When humans interfere too much, it often disturbs that balance," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The findings suggest that increasingly intense heat waves around the world pose a serious risk to honey bees and the essential pollination services they support.
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
Poor pollination and high temperatures negatively affect how much cacao the trees produce, the researchers report in a study published in February.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025
As explained by the AP, pistachio orchards “can be sustained with minimal water during drought” and their trees “rely on wind instead of bees for pollination and can produce nuts for decades longer.”
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024
Every day I took it outside for a few minutes to expose it to the bees for pollination.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing pollination
Ecology - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Introductory
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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