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Why beetles? You’ll need to read to beelieve it.

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Many of the Annonaceae fruits (order Magnoliales) still rely exclusively on beetles for pollination. Many of these beetle species’ populations have declined, or they were never abundant to begin with, so hand-pollinate for higher yield!