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Tag Archives: Pollination

The bullies and the bees

By Brie Edwards, EEB Ants and bees are fighting a turf war. Using elegantly constructed artificial flowers baited with plenty of sugary water, recent graduate Adam Cembrowski teamed up with … Continue reading

October 11, 2013

Do flies make better pollinators than bees?

By Kelly Carscadden, EEB If someone says ‘pollinator’, what is the first image to come to mind? A bee? Many flowering plants use bees to move pollen from one flower to … Continue reading

June 16, 2013