pollination

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These results suggest new management strategies that could be particularly valuable during peak pollination or honey production, when losing a queen can severely affect a colony.

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

She doesn't want to talk about chiropterophily, which is the pollination of plants by bats.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan