Love magnolias? Thank a beetle.
About this episode
The episode discusses the role of beetles in the pollination of magnolias, contrasting it with the more common association of bees with pollination.
Our first idea for insect pollination is usually bees, but those insects didn’t come along until much later than magnolias, which rely on beetles for that function.
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