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DISTRIBUTION OF CRUDE PLANTS

Approximately in the three cultivated plants in the world of production depends directly or indirectly on pollination by insects.

Examples of crops: coffee, cocoa (chocolate), vanilla oranges, nuts (almonds), vegetables, other fruits (fig, cranberries, cherries, mangoes).

Examples of pollinators: The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is responsible for the production of about $ 14 billion of agricultural products in the United States in 1998.