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  2. List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees along with how much crop yield is improved by bee pollination. [1] Most of them are pollinated in whole or part by honey bees and by the crop's natural pollinators such as bumblebees, orchard bees, squash bees, and solitary bees. Where the same plants have non-bee pollinators such as birds or ...

  3. Entomophily - Wikipedia

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    Flowers pollinated by bees and wasps vary in shape, colour and size. Yellow or blue plants are often visited, and flowers may have ultra-violet nectar guides, that help the insect to find the nectary. Some flowers, like sage or pea, have lower lips that will only open when sufficiently heavy insects, such as bees, land on them.

  4. List of pollen sources - Wikipedia

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    Few flowering plants self-pollinate; some can provide their own pollen (self fertile), but require a pollinator to move the pollen; others are dependent on cross pollination from a genetically different source of viable pollen, through the activity of pollinators. One of the possible pollinators to assist in cross-pollination are honeybees.

  5. Planting mixes of flowers around farm fields helps keep bees ...

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    Bees feeding in monoculture fields of single crops such as sunflowers crowd together and pass parasites to one another at high rates. Lauren Ponisio/University of Oregon, CC BY-NDIt’s springtime ...

  6. Bees manipulate plants into flowering early by intentionally ...

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    When plants and bees fall out of sync with one another, the results c Flowering plants rely on pollinators to help spread their reproductive materials and ensure the next generation. In exchange ...

  7. Monroe County Agriculture: Grow flowers to help save the bees

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    In this week's agriculture column, Ned Birkey discusses the weather, corn plots, soybeans, cover crops and flowers as pollinators. Monroe County Agriculture: Grow flowers to help save the bees ...

  8. Buzz pollination - Wikipedia

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    This has led to higher expenses for farmers from the east to the west coast of the United States and Canada to help pollinate almonds, cucumbers and certain seed plants. [10] One of the most common plants that are assisted by buzz pollination is the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). In greenhouses worldwide, up to 50 bumblebee colonies are used ...

  9. Pollinator - Wikipedia

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    Plants fall into pollination syndromes that reflect the type of pollinator being attracted. These are characteristics such as: overall flower size, the depth and width of the corolla, the color (including patterns called nectar guides that are visible only in ultraviolet light), the scent, amount of nectar, composition of nectar, etc. [2] For example, birds visit red flowers with long, narrow ...

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