Examples of pollinate in a Sentence
The plants are pollinated by bees.
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Bees can’t typically see red very well, so hummingbirds tend to pollinate those flowers instead.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
For 40 years Olson trucked his 18,000 honeybee colonies between California and Washington, moving among farms and orchards where their job was to pollinate everything from almonds to tree fruits, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, carrots, radishes, onions, canola and alfalfa.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
After all, those almonds aren’t pollinating themselves.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
But seasonal mismatches between flowers and pollinators could pose problems for commercial fruit growers, particularly those that use native bees rather than bred honeybees to pollinate their crops.
—Harry Stevens, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Genetically different trees can pollinate each other and start to make fruits, which are carried off by birds.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
Their black and white flowers are handsome and self-pollinating although bees may pollinate them too.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
In fact, by pollinating flowers, bees help ensure a future population of frankincense trees (bees in turn get the sustenance to make healthy hives).
—Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
This species is not grown for its fruit, but instead used to pollinate other figs.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
For 40 years Olson trucked his 18,000 honeybee colonies between California and Washington, moving among farms and orchards where their job was to pollinate everything from almonds to tree fruits, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, carrots, radishes, onions, canola and alfalfa.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
After all, those almonds aren’t pollinating themselves.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
But seasonal mismatches between flowers and pollinators could pose problems for commercial fruit growers, particularly those that use native bees rather than bred honeybees to pollinate their crops.
—Harry Stevens, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Genetically different trees can pollinate each other and start to make fruits, which are carried off by birds.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
Their black and white flowers are handsome and self-pollinating although bees may pollinate them too.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
In fact, by pollinating flowers, bees help ensure a future population of frankincense trees (bees in turn get the sustenance to make healthy hives).
—Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
This species is not grown for its fruit, but instead used to pollinate other figs.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
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“Pollinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollinate. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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