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The article highlights the role of various insects like flies, beetles, and wasps in pollination, which is crucial for the reproduction of flowering plants. Bees are well-known pollinators, but other ...

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Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

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Pollination is the first step of flowering plant reproduction: pollen moves from male flower parts to female flower parts, to fertilize the ovule and produce seeds.

Pollinators are animals that help to transport pollen from one location to another in the plant reproduction process. Pollination is crucial to our well-being and to the survival of ecosystems.

The shrinking work force could also have far-reaching consequences for trade and food security and leave the nation unequipped to tackle future threats to plant and animal health, experts said.