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Definition of Pollinators
1. pollinator [n] - See also: pollinator
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollinators
Literary usage of Pollinators
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farm Friends and Farm Foes: A Text-book of Agricultural Science by Clarence Moores Weed (1910)
"... CHAPTER XVII The Insect pollinators BY far the most important insect pollinators
of cultivated crops are the bees of the order Hymenoptera. ..."
2. Readers' Theater, Grade 2 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Evan-Moor (DST), Ginny Hall, Don Robison (2003)
"The Little pollinators Step into a fragrant garden and meet the creatures who
are busy doing the sticky work of pollination. Setting the Stage Background ..."
3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"INTRODUCTION In the plant-pollinator mutualism, pollinators, such as Apis mellifera,
visit flowers in search of a reward provided by the plant, ..."
4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Research to develop methods for effective management of non- Apis bees as dependable
alternative pollinators of major agricultural crops includes studies of ..."
5. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"However, the thrips acted as flower predators rather than pollinators, particularly
in V. ... Among the pollinators implicated so far, all, except thrips, ..."
6. Management Guide for Low-Input Sustainable Apple Production by Lorraine P. Berkett (1994)
"DRCs have not been studied as pollinators in orchards, but have been used
successfully as pollen parents in breeding. Most apple cultivars, probably ..."
7. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... were judged to be the most important pollinators; the ants Formica fusca and
... were also reported to be common pollinators (Penfield and others 1976). ..."
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