All posts tagged "Beekeeping"

Walmart has filed a patent for autonomous robotic bees, technically called pollination drones, that could potentially pollinate crops just like real bees. The drones would carry pollen from one plant to another, using sensors and cameras to detect the locations of the crops. First spotted by CB Insights, the robot bee patent appears along five other...

Researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology have been working on an automated pollination system for 4 years now. First a mobile version with wheels, and now the flying B-Droid has been garnering considerable interest not only in Poland. That’s hardly surprising, as our scientists have developed software for devices that can...

The opportunity to produce bountiful levels of vital food crops such as apples, tomatoes and watermelons could...

Plants produce volatiles, air-borne organic chemical compounds, to attract pollinators and seed dispersers, and to repulse plant-eating...

A parasitic mite discovered in north Queensland could wipe out Australia’s honey bees and threaten food security,...

Farmers Scott and Susan Hill in front of their pollinator garden. “We had an agricultural specialist visit...