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Why we love bats every day

10/31/2020

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BAT FACT: Bats are the only mammal that can fly!
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BATS ARE POLLINATORS! Bats pollinate over 700 plants, some of which we use for food and medicine. Wild varieties of many of our most valuable crops rely on bats for their survival. These include bananas, avocados, dates, figs, peaches, mangoes, and many others. Nectar-eating bats do this by pollinating flowers, just like bees. As they travel from flower to flower drinking nectar, they transfer pollen from one flower to another, which causes these plants to produce fruit (and seeds).


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The Small and Mighty Squash Bee

10/28/2020

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Small but Mighty:
Squash bee-- Peponapis pruinosa
Enjoying your Halloween pumpkin? Thank a squash bee!

These wee bees have been pollinating pumpkins in North America for thousands of years. All pumpkins are descended from a single species of squash-- Cucurbita pepo, native to the southwest. Squash bees have coevolved with this plant over thousands of years, and thus are highly attuned to its habits.  



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"Two wings fun; four wings run." Hoverfly v. Sweat Bee

10/1/2020

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