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To which old-world crops do you refer?



(Not my knowledge, just repeating sources): almonds, some apples, melons, alfafa, plums, avocado, blueberry, cherry, pear, cucumber, sunflower, cranberry, kiwi, etc.

Source: PDF page 4: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/assets/media/documents/poll...

Background, in order from "most readable" to "scholarly":

https://www.museumoftheearth.org/bees/agriculture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.262413599

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396518/



Blueberries, sunflowers, and cranberries are all native to North America. The things Europeans sometimes call "blueberries" (bilberries) are an entirely different species.


Yes, the old world bees sometimes do pollinate the native crops too, and vice versa. It's not a completely separate Venn diagram. The studies discuss and analyze the degrees of crossover.




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