Sentences with phrase «pollinated by bees»

According to a United Nations report, of the 100 crop species that provide 90 percent of the world's food, over 70 are pollinated by bees.

According to data from FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization), 33 % of human food depends, at some level, of cultivated plants pollinated by bees (KLEIN et al., 2007).

Strawberries pollinated by bees were redder and brighter than the other berries, the team reports online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

The trees, simply called Brazil nut trees, need to be pollinated by bees and can only do so in pristine conditions, which is why they do poorly on plantations.

Not exact matches

Nicknamed «liquid gold» (with a price tag to match), manuka honey is produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush.

Without the Melipona bee, vanilla's indigenous pollinator in Mexico, the flowers were only occasionally pollinated by local insects.

You can also find numerous bee - pollinated recipes created by beekeeping chefs.

Manuka honey is produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush.

Of the hundred principal crops that make up most of the world's food supply, only 15 percent are pollinated by domestic bees (mostly honey bees, bumble bees and alfalfa leafcutter bees), while at least 80 percent are pollinated by wild bees and other wildlife (as there are an estimated 25 000 bee species, the total number of pollinators probably exceeds 40 000 species).

With bee populations tumbling, an autonomous drone just 4 centimetres wide could help pollinate crops by flying from flower to flower

The researchers emphasise that these crops are pollinated by other bee species, which in turn, may depend on a more natural environment.

The pollen's structure suggests that the plants were pollinated by insects: most likely beetles, as bees would not evolve for another 100 million years.

Both computer modelling and observation suggest that these crops are fully pollinated by wild bees.

We tend to think of pollinating insects as our ecological friends, but in the wrong place nonnative bees can spell trouble instead by competing with native insects, promoting reproduction in nonnative plants and potentially spreading disease.

«It's also important to understand how bees and other pollinating insects search for food and use the landscape is crucial to managing the risks to pollinator services posed by habitat loss and agricultural intensification.»

This plant is subject to attacks by a diverse set of herbivorous insects and is pollinated by wild bees.

In the laboratory, Gegear and his students observed the behavior of foraging bees using arrays of paper flowers that mimicked the blooms of Mimulus lewisii (purple monkey flower), which is pollinated primarily by bumblebees, and a related species, Mimulus cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower), which is pollinated primarily by hummingbirds.

«Some crops can only be pollinated by bumblebees, for instance, because they rely on the specific way a bumblebee buzzes, or vibrates when it reaches a flower, is what shakes out the pollen, and other bees just can't do that,» Frank said.

It is made by bees after they pollinate the manuka (tea tree) flowers, giving it additional antibacterial properties.

There is one honey in particular that outshines regular honey in its nutrient profile and ability to heal: Manuka honey, produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the manuka bush (also known as tea tree).

Manuka honey is produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush.

Manuka Honey, known as the «healing» honey, is produced in New Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush and is renowned for its soothing properties and ability to restore and hydrate dry and cracked skin.

Now, Monsanto, leader in the production of genetically modified seeds, maintains a $ 10m budget for investigating and prosecuting «seed savers», and has won cases against farmers whose only crime is that, due to the birds, bees and wind, some of their plants have been pollinated by plants containing patented Monsanto genes.

Alarmed by the news of Colony Collapse Disorder, she decided to explore the plight of pollinating bees in her Pollinator series.

Paintings featuring pollinating bees are part of the exhibition, «Hive Culture: Captivated by the Honeybee,» at the Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill in the Bronx.

With angst around colony collapse disorder and the plight of the honeybees causing some to explore the idea of «human bee pollinators» (seriously, many farmers in China do now pollinate fruit trees by hand due to lack of bees), it might be a comforting thought that there are also other pollinators out there who can pick up the slack for the disappearing bees.

Although the same models show that the diversity of bees in areas suitable for growing coffee may be reduced by between 8 % and 18 %, at least 10 species of bee would be present to pollinate the flowers and set the berries in between 46 % and 59 % of the lands that will be suitable for coffee crops.

From there bees fan out over the neighborhood, pollinating plants in their travels and bringing back nectar and pollen for use by their colonies.