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• Pollination before flowers

  
  Denim and Tweed — Authority: 420
  Which came first, the pollinator or the pollinated? An article in this weeks Science suggests that a diverse group of insects may have been drinking nectar and pollinating plants millions of years before the appearance of modern flowering plants [$-a] . .flickr-photo { }.flickr-frameright { float: right; ...
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• Thank Your Pollinators for Your Thanksgiving Harvest

  
  Improve Your Home and Garden — Authority: 120
  Can you imagine Halloween without pumpkins, Thanksgiving without cranberries, or life without chocolate? Did you know that one out of every three bites of food that you eat needs the help of insect pollinators?Some of the important crops that require insect pollination include almonds, apples, alfalfa, blackberries, ...
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• Paw Paw

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 134
  Botanical Name: Asimina triloba , Family: Annonaceae Names: The name, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps because of the superficial similarity of their fruit . Pawpaw has numerous other common names, often very local, such as prairie banana, Indiana ...
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• Botanical exam gems

  
  Seeds Aside — Authority: 108
  So here are a few gems from a student exam in Plant Morphology class (Anonymity is entirely respected since this is not mine anyway).  I acknowledge that this is a rather ‘private’  post since many (lay) readers may not spot the issue  or the joke in these answers to the test. I tried to add the basic ...
  6 days ago

• Did You Thank a Honeybee for Your Great Pumpkin?

  
  Global Swarming Honeybees — Authority: 106
  Hats off to our honeybees for this years hefty haul of pumpkins.
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• European Pear Never Flowers

  
  DIY Network - Home Improvement How-To & Projects : DIY Network — Authority: 158
  Hi, this is my first visit and post. I planted a Semi-Dwarf Buerre Superfin Euro Pear 7 years ago. It has always been healthy with no signs of any disease or insect problems. However, it is now 7 years in the ground and 10-12 feet tall, but has never had a single flower, let alone [...]
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• A Buzz in Middle C...Bumble Bees for Crops

  
  pencil and leaf — Authority: 118
  The more I read about bees, the more the little bits of information begin to make sense of things I have casually observed over the years. For example, I used to think that when the Bumble Bee changed it tune from low drowsy humm to high pitched buzz it was a sign of extreme irritation or frustration. Now I know ...
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• Manual Fruit Tree Pollination In Japan

  
  Cooking Up A Story: A Show about People, Food, and Sustainable Living — Authority: 460
  My wife and I have traveled around the globe for the last 5 months and filmed our experiences within the WWOOF! organizations of France, Japan, Italy, and India, and are working on a feature film documenting this journey. “ WWOOF! The Movie ” is about a collective of organizations that go by the acronym WWOOF: ...
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• Bats: 10 Essential Bat Facts, Plus Photo Gallery!

  
  EcoWorldly — Authority: 603
  Bats may be considered a spooky Halloween mascot, but they are actually one of the most beneficial animals on the planet: 70% of the world’s bat species feed on insects - and one bat can consume up to 1,000 insect pests in an hour. Bats also play a critical role in pollination and seed dispersal. Despite the fact ...
  1 week ago

• Pearl and The Beard at Joe’s Pub Tonight, National Album Release Today, East Coast Tour and Cross Pollination Pics

  
  Bumpershine.com — Authority: 134
  Pearl and The Beard at Pianos (06/23/09) DOWNLOAD : Pearl and The Beard – “Oh, Death!” The good folks of Pearl and The Beard were gracious enough to play my Cross Pollination show waaaaay back in June of 2009 and I’m embarrassed to say that it has taken me up until now (4 months later) to post ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adobe Reveals 2009 Design Achievement Award Winners

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 155
  Adobe Reveals 2009 Design Achievement Award Winners -1.0 5 2009-10-26 17:30:41 1stAngel In Partnership with International Council of Graphic Design Associations, Student Competition Attracts 3,300 Global Entries Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the winners of the ninth annual Adobe ...
  2 weeks ago

• Feed Me! Non-Writing Blogs That Can Nourish Your Work

  
  Write Livelihood — Authority: 404
  Photo by Jan Willem Geertsma via SXC. Despite my admitted tendency to read books about reading and write blog posts about writing, I do think it’s important for writers—especially nonfiction writers—to expose themselves to other sources of information when they go online, if for no other reason than to have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Horticultural

  
  Fengtastic! — Authority: 122
  [IMG: http://www.fengtastic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/cross-pollination-1.jpg]
  2 weeks ago

• Good garden news

  
  Fremantlebiz - Paul's Letter from Australia — Authority: 127
  Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been watching the first pomegranate flower-buds develop on the plant I espaliered two years ago. Yesterday the first flower advertised for business. The word soon got around in the insect world, as can be seen in the pics below. I’m expecting visitor activity to increase when ...
  3 weeks ago

• Video of yucca pollination

  
  Denim and Tweed — Authority: 420
  With permission from my doctoral advisor, Olle Pellmyr , Ive just uploaded a unique video to Vimeo: a yucca moth laying eggs in, then pollinating, a yucca flower. I dont know why I didnt think of this earlier -- its great footage, and deserves to be seen more widely. A female yucca moth mates, then collects pollen ...
  4 weeks ago

• BZZZZZZZBee followed

  
  Soekershof; the scientific backup — Authority: 91
  One of our pollinators is BZZZZZZZBee and you might think that bees are always busy pollinating in the garden but this bee is the exception of the rule. Oh yes; BZZZZZZZBee pollinates but also enjoys life like cuddling with a co-worker and having a break. See for yourself:
  4 weeks ago

• USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Ruled Unlawful by Federal Court

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 549
  USDA Approval of Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Ruled Unlawful by Federal Court by Ethan Huff, citizen journalist See all articles by this author Email this author (NaturalNews) On September 21, a California federal district court found that the USDA’s 2004 approval of Monsanto’s genetically ...
  4 weeks ago

• Stunning Images of Fully Loaded Bees

  
  Environmental Graffiti — Authority: 647
  From bikes to trucks, we’ve featured more than a few unfortunate folks on EG who look like they’re loaded up to a more than uncomfortable degree. We’ve even shown ants looking like they could use a lightening of their load. Now it’s the turn of the bees. While these insects don’t need to be a... This is ...
  5 weeks ago

• CROSS/POLLINATION for Sept. 16.

  
  Planet SHHH — Authority: 129
  Cross-Pollination-Sept16 by Planetshhh on Mixcloud Related posts: CROSS/POLLINATION for Sept. 09. Cross-Pollination-Sept09 by Planetshhh on Mixcloud ... CROSS/POLLINATION. I recently started a weekly radio show here in Winnipeg...
  7 weeks ago

• Finn Riggins Vs. Wilderness

  
  Synthesis Magazine Blog — Authority: 112
  Finn RigginsVs. WildernessTender Loving EmpireEvery so often, an experimental band pierces through the mix of noise, ambience and self-indulgent repetitive instrumentals. Finn Riggins does exactly this. The Idaho-based trio has created their third album for Tender Loving Empire, and it kicks the asses of indie rockers ...
  7 weeks ago

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