Pollinator

The terms "pollinator" and "pollenizer" are often confused: a pollinator is the agent that moves the pollen, whether it be bees, flies, bats, moths, or birds; a pollenizer is the plant that serves as the pollen source for other plants. ❋ Wikipedia (2009)

A pollinator is the biotic agent (vector) that moves pollen from the male anthers of a flower to the female stigma of a flower to accomplish fertilization or '' syngamy '' of the female gamete in the ovule of the flower by the male gamete from the pollen grain. ❋ Wikipedia (2009)

I don't know, though, that if the pollinator is a different variety, whether the red delicious fruit on my tree will be "true." ❋ FUZZARELLY (2008)

A garden established in 1998 at the White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield to attract butterflies has been reclassified as a pollinator project. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The scientist notes that the honey bee, besides its important work as a pollinator, makes our lives a little sweeter. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It is a female selection and requires a pollinator for good fruiting. ❋ Joel M. Lerner (2011)

The most celebrated pollinator is the honeybee—and for good reason. ❋ Randal R. Rucker (2011)

You will get a much greater display of fruit if you plant a pollinator of a different cultivar nearby. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The price of honey is nothing next to the fact that honeybees are a major pollinator and fertilize many kinds of plants (including commercial crops), so much so that many farmers pay beekeepers to transport hives to their farms so that their bees can pollinate their crops. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is a very special blog, because although it is not actually Dave Lull's blog, it is run by colleagues of his as representatives of the References and Services division of the Duluth (Minnesota) library -- so I am wondering how much longer Dave's blogospheric activities will be limited to being a "delightful cross pollinator" and owner of a tribute blog. ❋ Maxine (2009)

Apollo, a male selection of the same cross, is the recommended pollinator to produce the showiest berries on the female. ❋ Joel M. Lerner (2011)

But on the other hand, people all over the world have developed a dependency on the honeybee because it is really the world's premier managed pollinator, noted Berenbaum. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Anyone wanting to green their city and encourage urban beekeeping will be delighted that Jane Memmott at Bristol has been awarded a grant to answer the question "How can we make our cities more pollinator-friendly?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bell flowers such as this species have evolved to protect nectar and pollen from rain and wind and at the same time guide the insect pollinator in an efficient path to these rewards. ❋ Rich Wolf (2010)

Clothianidin is a widely used pesticide linked to a severe and dangerous decline in pollinator populations... ❋ Annie Spiegelman (2010)

This is the case with pollinator protection and a host of other issues that have direct bearing on environmental protection and public health. ❋ Annie Spiegelman (2010)

The latter works fine until the vines flower, and then they need a pollinator, most noticeably the bumble bee. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Action by governments to ban pollinator-toxic pesticides, to toughen the registration tests for pesticide approval so that in the case of honeybees their impact is measured not just on an adult bees but on the colony as a whole, and to develop more organic styles of farming that wean ourselves off the pesticides. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oh look our [tree] has [flowers] it’s been [pollinated] ❋ Ok Hun (2019)

I swear if we don't stop him, he will pollinate every girl he meets until half of [Manhattan's] [beauties] have [his baby] ❋ Truedock (2013)

[Stacy], Dan, and Ted tried [the Pollinator] 2 months ago and now Stacy is pregnant, but she isn't sure who [the father] is. ❋ Stockroom (2016)

[Pollin] is [a bad bitch] ❋ °SHREK° (2021)

Ow, you hit me right in the [pollines]! -or- You [ain't got] pollines, [mister]. ❋ Cocklover123456 (2011)

Kid 1: Did you see ma and pa [pollinate] on the [sofa] [downstairs]?? Kid 2: Yeah it was wild!! ❋ Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian (2023)

[Claudia] is [pollinator friendly]. ❋ Shazz Spazz (2008)

[I'm going to] [self-pollinate] ❋ Vinxjo (2009)

[Klim]: Hey! How was last night? Kathleen: Oh man! We were suckin down beers and smoking so much kush! We were so [cross-pollinated]! I was so cross-polled I agreed [to peg] my husband. ❋ Cornbeefha$h (2022)

Rick was so drunk the other night that his cock [slipped] out of what's-her-name's vagina and he [put it in] the wrong hole--her ass. After she complained, he put his dick back in her vagina and finished up. She got a [yeast infection] because that’s what happens when guys cross-pollinate. ❋ Tonymarc (2009)