How important is tree fruit pollination? Well, without pollination, apple trees would not bear fruit! Nearly all apple varieties need to be cross-pollinated with pollen from the flowers of a different apple variety to produce fruit. So, how do some of our favorite pollinators, like bees, do this work? The smell and color of the flower on the tree signals to bees there is tasty nectar waiting inside. When a bee visits a flower, pollen sticks to their hair and is carried to the next flower. Since

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