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2. 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 ...

3. Pollination - Wikipedia

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   Insect pollinators, like bees, are large contributors to crop production, over 200 billion dollars worth of crop species are pollinated by these insects. [71] Pollinators are also essential because they improve crop quality and increase genetic diversity, which is necessary in producing fruit with nutritional value and various flavors. [79]

4. Pollinator-mediated selection - Wikipedia

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   This leads to shifts in pollination syndromes and to some genera having a high diversity of pollination syndromes among species, suggesting that pollinators are a primary selective force driving diversity and speciation. [5] [6] Ophrys apifera is an orchid species that has a highly evolved plant-pollinator relationship. This specific species ...

5. List of crop plants pollinated by bees - Wikipedia

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   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 other insects like flies, these are also indicated. Pollination by insects is called entomophily.

6. Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests

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   Among mammals, bats are considered the major pollinators. However, further work is still needed to find out whether the potential damage to flowers caused by non-flying mammals nectar-feeding ...

7. Pollinators check out Manchester City Library's new gardens

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   It's mostly bees, but also the other six members of New Hampshire's "Super 7" pollinators — hummingbirds, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies and wasps. No, it's not dangerous. Most of the ...