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Claim · #6492453

Bombus terrestris · pollination · Borago officinalis

pollination · effect: beneficial

pollinates GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Sixty-three per cent of pollen foragers at colonies next to the borage field collected borage pollen”
Authors
Goulson D.
Year
2010
Publication
Oxford University Press
Page
93

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Bombus terrestris is a well-documented pollinator of Borago officinalis; the 63% forager statistic from a UK field study directly supports the high-magnitude, beneficial pollination interaction.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Bombus terrestris is a well-documented generalist pollinator; foraging on Borago officinalis is biologically consistent, and source quote directly supports the 63% pollen-forager statistic.”

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