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In all, bees pollinate about $15 billion worth of food crops in the US each year. — Chase Purdy, Quartz, "New data show the US honeybee population is still dying in record numbers," 20 June 2019 Bees pollinate $15 billion worth of U.S. food crops. — Seth Borenstein, Twin Cities, "Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet," 19 June 2019 Bees pollinate $15 billion worth of U.S. food crops. — Washington Post, "Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet," 19 June 2019 Presumably some of the plants were pollinated by Villalonga’s bees. — David Waldstein, New York Times, "Finding an Oasis at Tennis’s Most Crowded Major," 4 June 2019 There, the trees are pollinated by bees that also visit orchids, and their seeds are spread by agoutis, small tree mammals. — Christina Nunez, National Geographic, "Rainforests, explained," 15 May 2019 One of the reasons people have so many food options to choose from is thanks to tiny little bees traveling by air to pollinate the blooms of fruit, nut, and vegetable-bearing plants. — Chase Purdy, Quartz, "The artificial bees of our pollinated future," 15 June 2019 Mead can yield a variety of flavors depending in part on the plants that are pollinated. — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, "Feisty Brood Meadery growing in Northfield," 3 June 2019 Over the last decade, commercial beekeepers who produce honey and lease out hives to pollinate crops have struggled with widespread hive collapse that occurs after worker bees suddenly flee. — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, "Miami beekeeper turns sleuth to find stolen hives. A surprise suspect gets stung.," 14 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pollinate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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