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Bee pollination

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Honey bee drinking nectar from koromiko flowers.

Honey bees harvest nectar to produce honey. In doing so, they also carry pollen. Here, we can see a honey bee drinking nectar from koromiko flowers.

Image acknowledgements: Bee by Norman Mason and koromiko by Alfred Lex CC BY-NC 2.0.

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