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    Published 3 December 2016 Referencing Hub media
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    Pollen is packed into 250 g jars – this amount of pollen comes from about 25 kg of flowers. Just 1 gram of pollen contains about 5 million pollen grains. The pollen is frozen for storage. It will later be sent to kiwifruit growers in New Zealand and other countries.

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