[Pollinator] <i>Protecting pollinators helps</i> <i>the plant &#8212; and the planet</i>

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90% seems pretty high!

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Protecting pollinators helps the plant — and the planet 
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By Sean Conway, Tribune Media Services

May 24 2010, 12:29 PM CDT

Ninety percent of the world's crops are pollinated by insects. We tend to think of honeybees doing all the work, but there are a plethora of other pollinating insects. Colony collapse disorder — the name given to the strange affliction suffered by European honeybees — is one aspect of a general problem. In recent years, pollinators have been harmed by a reduction in habitat, new pests and overuse of pesticides. 

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