Recent Examples on the WebHowever, your plants are likely to be stolen, pollinated, infested by bugs, eaten by deer, etc.—Anna Miller, Sacramento Bee, 26 Apr. 2024 Honeybees are an integral part of the U.S agriculture industry, pollinating $15 billion worth of crops each year, including more than 130 types of fruits, nuts and vegetables, according to the U.S Department of Agriculture.—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2024 Hummingbirds can pollinate about 150 species of flowers, so there’s plenty of options when planning a garden.—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024 The initial Bradford pear trees planted were sterile – meaning the trees could not pollinate themselves to produce viable fruit.—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024 Some varieties of fig trees rely on wasps to pollinate.—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024 The honey’s benefits might come from the resin of Amazonian trees that the stingless bees are pollinating, according to Claus Rasmussen, an entomologist at Aarhus University in Denmark who was not involved in the work.—Rosa Chávez Yacila, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024 Bees can’t typically see red very well, so hummingbirds tend to pollinate those flowers instead.—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
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