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31 Wednesday Jul 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, flowers, insects, nature, wildflowers

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British insects, insect pollinators, insects, insects on umbellifers, pollination, umbellifers

190731 pollinators

It seems unbelievable to me that some people still think that bees – in particular, honey bees, which are essentially a farmed species – are the only insects that pollinate flowers. You have only to look at a particular type of flower – in this case, umbellifers – to see the wide range of insects that visit and feed on them. And each of these little creatures gets covered in pollen while feeding so, when they fly on to the next flower, they are automatically contributing to flower pollination.

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