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po luh nay shuhn

  • n  transfer of pollen from the anther to the stigma of a plant

  • A vivid, character-driven story about an American innocent living in Mexico City, Jessica Abel's La Perdida taps into the zeitgeist of immigration and cultural cross-pollination .
  • CON: Art critics have sneered at Murakami's unapologetic cross-pollination of art and commerce.
  • Today about 60% of Johnson's business is pollination.
News & Articles

  • EXTENSION CORNER: Lure pollinating insects back into your yard
    You have the perfect soil, vegetable varieties adapted to your area and irrigation in place, but those vegetables just aren’t producing. Pollination could be the problem. With the recent news concerning threats to pollinating insects, many are wondering how to lure pollinators back into their yards.
    June 12, 2013 - The Gadsden Times
  • Pollinators easily enhanced by flowering agri-environment schemes
    European agri-environment schemes enhance wild pollinators on farmland, new research shows. The effects increased with the number of flowers brought back by the schemes. Recent studies have shown that wild pollinators are instrumental in providing pollination services to crops. Agri-environment schemes can therefore help counteract pollination loss.
    June 11, 2013 - Science Daily
  • Controversy over efforts to solve bee deaths
    One of every three bites of food we consume depends on pollination by honeybees, but these overlooked contributors to our food system are continuing to die in stubbornly perplexing ways.
    June 10, 2013 - Waynesville Daily Guide
Quotes

  • Mike Johanns in Forbes
    This crisis threatens to wipe out production of crops dependent on bees for pollination,Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in a statement.
  • Albert Einstein in abc7.com
    Albert Einstein, quoted in Germany's Der Spiegel, once said, "if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man."
  • Tom Vilsack in Santa Rosa Press Democrat
    There has been a disturbing drop in the number of US bee colonies over the last few years, while the demand for commercial bee pollination services continues to grow,Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said last week.

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