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<title>Natural Selections: Flowers, bees... and caffeine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 23, 2013) Plants have many strategies for manipulating animals to do their bidding. Some flowers focus the attention of their pollinators with a familiar pick-me-up—caffeine. Martha Foley and Dr. Curt Stager discuss the natural world. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22042/20130523/natural-selections-flowers-bees-and-caffeine">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Natural Selections: Unusual pollinators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 18, 2013) Everyone is familiar with how bees and insects distribute pollen from one flower to another, but that&apos;s not the only way to get the job done. Some night-blooming plants are pollinated by bats, when bright floral colors are invisible. And hummingbirds might just get their nectar without picking up any pollen. Dr. Curt Stager and Martha Foley discuss the unusual strategies some plants can use to attract and hold the interest of the unusual animals that pollinate them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21820/20130418/natural-selections-unusual-pollinators">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Natural Selections: Native pollinators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 24, 2013) With the collapse of the population of the European honeybee, introduced to North America in colonial times, many growers are looking for aids in pollinating their crops. But the honeybee may not be the most effective bee. Bumblebees and other native pollinators do a better job on crops like blueberries and cranberries. Martha Foley and Curt Stager discuss. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/3076/20130124/natural-selections-native-pollinators">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Tough times for bees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 29, 2011) We get one of every three bites of food from crops pollinated by bees. That’s about $15 billion into the U.S. economy each year.  But North Country beekeepers are losing huge numbers of their little, busy coworkers. Apiarists (beekeepers) from around the country—and the world—have been dealing with what’s called Colony Collapse Disorder.  It’s been around for five years now. Julie Grant visited with some beekeepers, and reports that scientists and the government don’t agree on what should be done to help them. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18497/20110929/tough-times-for-bees">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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