Pollinators: Videos & Podcasts

Adam Rutherford finds out how some plants deal with pollinators and sneaky nectar thieves and how others limber up their defenses at the mere sound of the munching of caterpillars.

Science Friday.

Farmers have known for centuries that putting a hive of honeybees in an orchard results in more blossoms becoming cherries, almonds, apples and the like. Yet it’s only in the last 30 years that pollination services have become such an enormous part of American agriculture.