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The Pollinators Reddit

Pollinator - an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower. This helps to bring about fertilization of the ovules in the flower by the male gametes from the pollen grains.

Insect pollinators include bees, (honey bees, solitary species, bumblebees); pollen wasps (Masarinae); ants; flies including bee flies and hoverflies; lepidopterans, both butterflies and moths; and flower beetles. Vertebrates, mainly bats and birds, but also some non-bat mammals (monkeys, lemurs, possums, rodents) and some lizards pollinate certain plants. Among the pollinating birds are hummingbirds, honeyeaters and sunbirds with long beaks; they pollinate a number of deep-throated flowers.

A pollinator is different from a pollenizer, a plant that is a source of pollen for the pollination process. Wikipedia: pollinator


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Hawaii Vanilla Hand-pollination

Easy! Now just wait 6 months and repeat for ever bean! Oh yeah you have to ferment these too!

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2024/11/25
22:03 UTC

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Handful of pollinators on our passionflower

Also had gulf fritillaries but they were too busy pooping out eggs all over my gutters to pose for a video.

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2024/10/13
20:57 UTC

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Ambush bugs are evil!

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2024/09/08
20:06 UTC

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Pollinators are happy the Caryopteris bushes are now blooming!

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2024/08/20
16:34 UTC

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Where have all the flowers gone?

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2024/08/12
06:04 UTC

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I never really noticed Skippers till a couple years ago. Probably one of my favorite pollinators.

I named it

2 Comments
2024/08/09
18:21 UTC

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How many ….

How many bees can you get in a cardoon?

4 Comments
2024/06/17
22:40 UTC

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Penstemon Pollination

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2024/06/17
03:29 UTC

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Selective Pollinatos

I love having pollinators in my yard and planted flowers of all types in a chaos garden of sorts this year to try and attract them for my small veggie garden. Unfortunately, it appears I managed to attract 5 different nests of yellow jackets with no bumbling bees to be seen. Is there a way I can selectively attract bees and butterflies but deter their aggressive flesh eating cousins? (Hornets, yellow jackets, wasps)

5 Comments
2024/06/12
01:57 UTC

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Is there a definitive source for avian pollinators in the U.S.?

I realize the avian pollinators in the U.S. includes the orioles (Bullock's, orchard, Baltimore), hummingbirds (18 species), white-winged dove, Hawaiian honeycreepers, and then a slew of unclear numbers of verdins, parrots, woodpeckers, jays, vireos, wrens, warblers, tityras, grackles, oropensolas, tanagers, euphonia, mockingbirds, thrashers, and finches. But, that seems like an ill-defined list and am wondering if anyone has rigorously assessed which birds pollinate?

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2024/05/31
17:41 UTC

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Bees doing their thing in the garden

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2024/04/07
23:51 UTC

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Pollinator Club Ideas?

I'm the president of my campus pollinator/environmental club (formally known as "The B Club"). I've got a few ideas for activities and events we can do this spring semester, but I need some more suggestions.

So far I have: Remodel our bee garden, take a day trip to our local arboretum, visit a local farm, go on a group hike, attend/host a floristry workshop, create events for national invasive species awareness week and create an earth day celebration for the end of the semester.

We focused mostly on guest speakers and informative lectures last semester so I'm looking to do some more hands on activities

Any suggestions?

(Edit: forgot to mention that we already keep 3 beehives haha)

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2024/01/12
22:00 UTC

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Pollinator Club Ideas?

I'm the president of my campus pollinator/environmental club (formally known as "The B Club"). I've got a few ideas for activities and events we can do this spring semester, but I need some more suggestions.

So far I have: Remodel our bee garden, take a day trip to our local arboretum, visit a local farm, go on a group hike, attend/host a floristry workshop, create events for national invasive species awareness week and create an earth day celebration for the end of the semester.

We focused mostly on guest speakers and informative lectures last semester so I'm looking to do some more hands on activities

Any suggestions?

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2024/01/12
21:59 UTC

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2024/01/08
13:02 UTC

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Question: Does anyone know what percentage of pollinators in North America are specialists? Or even better, in California? Thanks!

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2023/11/14
14:17 UTC

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Protect the bugs when you plant

Plants grown next to a house that has been treated for termites become toxic to insects. Systemic insecticides are taken up by the plant and then all parts of the plant become toxic. Leaves, flowers and pollen become contaminated and pojsinous. Native plants that take up the very common neonic pesticides become death traps for native insects, including monarch butterflies. It’s best either to plant nothing close to pesticide treated soil or plant non-native plants, most of which don’t host native insects.

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2023/11/05
14:40 UTC

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found a friend late in the season!

I live near Boston, MA (6b). ignore my sad carrots… I found this little one on them when I went to water! from what I can tell it’s a black swallowtail. I know nothing about butterflies so I thought it seemed late for a caterpillar since it’s October and temps have been in the 40Fs at night. I did a little research on the species and saw that it does not migrate and will overwinter in their chrysalis!

I want to move them since I’ll be harvesting these carrots soon. any advice on that would be appreciated! what plants do they like, where do they sleep all winter, etc.!

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2023/10/18
21:02 UTC

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How can I help my friend?

I live in northern NJ and found this guy this morning on my front porch steps so I put him on a butterfly bush. He was still there 10 hours later. I’m guessing he was cold bc it was about 40 degrees. I brought him in to warm up and he’s a little more active. What can I give him to help perk him up?

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2023/10/09
21:34 UTC

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Longhorn bee on Ericameria nauseosa in New Mexico, USA

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2023/09/25
23:10 UTC

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Just some bees on sedum 🐝

I think I see a total of five bees on this sedum that is finally blooming.

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2023/09/15
00:03 UTC

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Fairy bee (genus Perdita) collecting pollen from a yellow aster in New Mexico, USA

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2023/09/11
14:58 UTC

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Yesterday at the 15th Annual Monarch Butterfly Festival in Minneapolis!

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2023/09/10
19:51 UTC

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