# Love magnolias? Thank a beetle.

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Podcast: [Making It Grow Minutes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-it-grow-minutes-491544)
Published: 2026-05-15T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/podcast/making-it-grow-minutes/2026-05-15/love-magnolias-thank-a-beetle
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## Resource

Our first idea for insect pollination is usually bees, but those insects didn’t come along until much later than magnolias, which rely on beetles for that function.

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