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  • The Importance of Bees: Pollination
  • How Do Plants Attract Bees?
  • Which Foods Depend on Bees?
  • Effects of Bees on Fruit
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Pollination is essential to the growth of much of our food.

Pollination is essential to the growth of much of our food.
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Which Foods Depend on Bees?

Many of the foods and crops we rely on need or, at the very least, benefit from bee pollination. Here's a list of some of those crops.

  • Alfalfa
  • Almonds
  • Apples
  • Asparagus
  • Beans
  • Beets
  • Blackberries
  • Blueberries
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Buckwheat
  • Cabbage
  • Cantaloupe
  • Cauliflower
  • Celery
  • Cherries
  • Chestnuts
  • Chives
  • Clover
  • Cranberries
  • Cucumber
  • Currants
  • Eggplant
  • Flax
  • Garlic
  • Gooseberries
  • Grapes
  • Horseradish
  • Kale
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard
  • Onions
  • Parsley
  • Peaches
  • Pears
  • Plums
  • Pumpkins
  • Radishes
  • Raspberries
  • Rhubarb
  • Squash
  • Strawberries
  • Sunflowers
  • Sweet potatoes
  • Turnip
  • Watermelon

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