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["Jim Fruth" <jimfruth@charter.net>]

Ernest Plutko asked, "Do ants pollinate?"

   From what I've read on the subject, ants lack the body hairs that pollen 
would normally adhere to in bees.  The book did mention that, while it may 
be possible for ants to pollinate, they would probably not do so with 
regularity.

Jim Fruth
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