Pollinate
verb
To transfer pollen from a male part of a plant to a female one to help it produce seeds.
Bees help to pollinate flowers as they collect nectar.
Often appears as...
- pollinate flowers
- pollinate crops
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To transfer pollen from a male part of a plant to a female one to help it produce seeds.
Bees help to pollinate flowers as they collect nectar.
Often appears as...
- pollinate flowers
- pollinate crops
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Agents of Pollination
Pollinators can be insects, birds, or other animals that move pollen between plants.
Without bees to pollinate these crops, we'd have fewer fruits.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Intervention
Humans can also pollinate plants artificially when natural pollinators are unavailable.
Farmers sometimes manually pollinate flowers when bee populations decline.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Food
Pollination is crucial for the production of fruits, vegetables, and seeds that we eat.
Many of our food crops rely on bees to pollinate them.
Pro Tip 1/3Agents of Pollination
Pollinators can be insects, birds, or other animals that move pollen between plants.
Without bees to pollinate these crops, we'd have fewer fruits.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Intervention
Humans can also pollinate plants artificially when natural pollinators are unavailable.
Farmers sometimes manually pollinate flowers when bee populations decline.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Food
Pollination is crucial for the production of fruits, vegetables, and seeds that we eat.
Many of our food crops rely on bees to pollinate them.
Pro Tip 1/3Agents of Pollination
Pollinators can be insects, birds, or other animals that move pollen between plants.
Without bees to pollinate these crops, we'd have fewer fruits.
Pro Tip 2/3Human Intervention
Humans can also pollinate plants artificially when natural pollinators are unavailable.
Farmers sometimes manually pollinate flowers when bee populations decline.
Pro Tip 3/3Essential for Food
Pollination is crucial for the production of fruits, vegetables, and seeds that we eat.
Many of our food crops rely on bees to pollinate them.
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3 reasons why we can win...
Lever number humanity actually solved the problem of agricultural poverty a century ago. Let me walk you through the three most basic factors in farming. First, hybrid seed is created when you cross two seeds together. If you naturally pollinate a high-yielding variety together with a drought-resistant variety,
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How can we help bee...
native bees they live in the ground or in wood but the most compelling characteristic for these native bees for me is their pollination ability and efficiency honey bees can't pollinate plants that require a buzz pollination like blueberries tomatoes eggplants and
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Marla Spivak: Why bees...
people are paid to do the business of pollination by hand. These people are moving pollen from flower to flower with a paintbrush. Now this business of hand pollination is actually not that uncommon. Tomato growers often pollinate their tomato flowers
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Kids Learn Why Bees Are...
effective pollinators so they pollinate lots of fruits and vegetables we've invited a classroom full of BC kids to come down here and put on the bee veil and a bee suit for protection we'll open up beehives and get them into the hive
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
to deter its predator and as it does it sends signals down through its root Network warning the surrounding trees but as the giraffe eats it spreads seeds and can even pollinate the acacia scours in this evolutionary arms race every
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The hidden beauty of...
is truly a magic moment. It's the mystical moment where life regenerates itself, over and over again. So here is some nectar from my film. I hope you'll drink, tweet and plant some seeds to pollinate a friendly garden.
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Licking bees and pulping...
Wasps consume crop-eating insects, making them particularly helpful for farms and gardens. They even pollinate fruits and vegetables, and help winemakers by biting into their grapes and jump-starting fermentation.
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How bees help plants...
Pollinators include many species of bees, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants.
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How life came to land -...
Ah, well. So what if arthropods were the first to reach land and invent flight, a hundred million years before the rest of us? So what if they pollinate crops around the world,
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
are so rare is there even a moths in the vicinity that could pollinate this there's a reason why it hasn't been documented before that's because it's really really difficult
Video examples
3 reasons why we can win...
Lever number humanity actually solved the problem of agricultural poverty a century ago. Let me walk you through the three most basic factors in farming. First, hybrid seed is created when you cross two seeds together. If you naturally pollinate a high-yielding variety together with a drought-resistant variety,
Video examples
How can we help bee...
native bees they live in the ground or in wood but the most compelling characteristic for these native bees for me is their pollination ability and efficiency honey bees can't pollinate plants that require a buzz pollination like blueberries tomatoes eggplants and
Video examples
Marla Spivak: Why bees...
people are paid to do the business of pollination by hand. These people are moving pollen from flower to flower with a paintbrush. Now this business of hand pollination is actually not that uncommon. Tomato growers often pollinate their tomato flowers
Video examples
Kids Learn Why Bees Are...
effective pollinators so they pollinate lots of fruits and vegetables we've invited a classroom full of BC kids to come down here and put on the bee veil and a bee suit for protection we'll open up beehives and get them into the hive
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
to deter its predator and as it does it sends signals down through its root Network warning the surrounding trees but as the giraffe eats it spreads seeds and can even pollinate the acacia scours in this evolutionary arms race every
Video examples
The hidden beauty of...
is truly a magic moment. It's the mystical moment where life regenerates itself, over and over again. So here is some nectar from my film. I hope you'll drink, tweet and plant some seeds to pollinate a friendly garden.
Video examples
Licking bees and pulping...
Wasps consume crop-eating insects, making them particularly helpful for farms and gardens. They even pollinate fruits and vegetables, and help winemakers by biting into their grapes and jump-starting fermentation.
Video examples
How bees help plants...
Pollinators include many species of bees, butterflies, moths, flies, wasps, beetles, even birds and bats, who together help pollinate many species of trees, shrubs and other flowering plants.
Video examples
How life came to land -...
Ah, well. So what if arthropods were the first to reach land and invent flight, a hundred million years before the rest of us? So what if they pollinate crops around the world,
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
are so rare is there even a moths in the vicinity that could pollinate this there's a reason why it hasn't been documented before that's because it's really really difficult
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Quote examples
Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
The fact that the colors in the flower have evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; that means insects can see the colors. That adds a question: does this aesthetic sense we have also exist in lower forms of life?
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Helen Sharman
British Scientist
While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.
Quote examples
Isabel Lucas
Australian Actress
I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!
Quote examples
Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
The fact that the colors in the flower have evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; that means insects can see the colors. That adds a question: does this aesthetic sense we have also exist in lower forms of life?
Quote examples
Helen Sharman
British Scientist
While we've taken seeds into space, and astronauts on the International Space Station have eaten lettuce they've grown, we haven't produced fruit in space, so we can't pollinate something.
Example 1 of 3
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