pollination
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Interruptions in egg laying, declining colony strength and reduced pollination or honey output often follow.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2025
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
He added: "We have to do it because nature is critical to our health, our wellbeing, the pollination of our crops, clean water."
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2024
With- out insect pollination, most of the soil-holding and soil-enrich- ing plants of uncultivated areas would die out, with far-reaching consequences to the ecology of the whole region.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing pollination
Ecology - Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Introductory
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Plants (Botany) - Middle School
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