Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only 10%-20% of cacao flowers are pollinated. carlosgaw/E+ via Getty Images It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without ...

Hand pollination of cacao by Indonesian farmers in "Central Sulawesi, Indonesia". Hand-pollination of cacao in Indonesia. Good eyesight is required for this, as the flowers are tiny.

Hand pollination of cacao by Indonesian farmers in "Central Sulawesi, Indonesia". Here, flowers are pressed on flowers to transfer pollen. Hand pollination of cacao by Indonesian farmers in "Central ...

Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are six articles about chocolate from The Conversation’s archive — great reading while you’re nibbling the ears off your ...

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It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable. I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao ...