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Yuba-Sutter beekeepers abuzz on research - Appeal-Democrat

Yuba-Sutter beekeepers abuzz on research
Appeal-Democrat
By Jonathan Edwards/ADjedwards Valeri Severson's bees are busy working three jobs, including a new one that could bear fruit for Yuba-Sutter farmers. Honey bees' main job is collecting pollen and nectar before churning it into food they eat.

Friends of the San Pedro: Is pigweed really a weed? - Sierra Vista Herald

Friends of the San Pedro: Is pigweed really a weed?
Sierra Vista Herald
The flowers are small and non-descript, and most often wind pollinated, though pollination by the solitary bee Melissodes thelypodii thelypodii has been observed. Windborne pigweed pollen is a significant cause of hay fever in areas where the plant ...

Promise of beautiful blooms a draw for annual orchid show - Columbia Daily Tribune

Promise of beautiful blooms a draw for annual orchid show
Columbia Daily Tribune
Pollen discovered on the fossil of an extinct wingless bee dates orchids' origins from 76 to 84 million years ago. In general, orchids are either terrestrial, meaning earthbound, or epiphytic, meaning they grow on other plants.

A tree to absorb badness - This is Cornwall

A tree to absorb badness
This is Cornwall
Various flies help pollinate them and often one finds bees and hoverflies land on them and collect pollen from the pale yellow anthers. Elder is usually cross-pollinated. Both the berries and the flowers were once thought to be poisonous but these days ...

Continuing Honey Bee Die-Offs Critical, But You Can Help - Examiner.com

Continuing Honey Bee Die-Offs Critical, But You Can Help
Examiner.com
... New Haven, CT; found that despite assurances to the contrary by Bayer, neonicotinoid pesticide residues were found in planter exhausts, in dead bees near hive entrances, in pollen collected in the hives, in the flowers of dandelions growing nearby, ...

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