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This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream
Season 6
Episode 15
Alfalfa leafcutting bees are way better at pollinating alfalfa flowers than honeybees. They don’t mind getting thwacked in the face by the spring-loaded blooms. And that's good, because hungry cows depend on their hard work to make milk.
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