[Pollinator] "Artificial pollination technology works in almonds"

[Celeste Ets-Hokin]

Another terrifying techno-fix!  Here’s a thought: how about creating more understory in our orchards and inviting our thousands of species of native bees (many of which are prodigious orchard fruit pollinators) back into the agricultural landscape instead of trying to create a parking lot full of monocultures pollinated by robots?

This is definitively taking us in the wrong direction!

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> On Dec 4, 2019, at 5:33 PM, The Honeybee Conservancy <bee at thehoneybeeconservancy.org> wrote:
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> Fresh news:
> "About 75% of the world’s crops rely on insect pollination. Edete’s technology can replace nature’s pollinators like honeybees in order to help produce more food and meet the needs of the world’s growing population The Israeli startup, established in 2016, has successfully completed a series of field trials for pollen harvest and pollination in almond orchards in Israel using its unique pollen harvesting and mechanical pollination system...The company plans to begin a pilot program using the technology in 2022 in California, the world’s largest almond growing region."
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> full article: https://www.sarniathisweek.com/business/farm-business/artificial-pollination-technology-works-in-almonds/wcm/ba9e0a59-723f-40d3-afa1-4f28c8b8f928
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