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Claim · #6492454

Bombus terrestris · pollination · Papaver rhoeas

pollination · effect: beneficial

pollinates GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“black pollen was primarily poppy Papaver rhoeas L.”
Authors
Goulson D.
Year
2010
Publication
Oxford University Press
Page
98

AI critic verdicts

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Bombus terrestris foraging on Papaver rhoeas is well-documented; poppy pollen is distinctively black/dark, consistent with the source quote identifying black pollen loads as poppy-derived.”

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Bombus terrestris collecting black pollen from Papaver rhoeas is well-documented; poppy pollen is characteristically black/dark and bumblebees are known foragers on it.”

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