The Israeli startup claims that pilots of its tech have demonstrated results “at least as good” as both bees and manual pollination, with greenhouse tomato yields improved up to 15%.
PowerPollen has come up with a way to apply collected pollen to female plants any time of day or night, maximizing yield and reducing risk.
The startup hopes to shake up some longstanding ways of thinking about how to measure pollination while improving bee health.
The startup tracks pollination quality in real-time to provide farmers reliant on bees with hyper-efficient pollination.
BeeFlow just raised $3m for its technology that feeds bees organic molecule compounds to boost their immune systems and to train them to pollinate less-enticing flowers.
Pollination is one of the biggest concerns for specialty crop growers, especially as bee populations continue to decline.
Biological innovation is key to the economic & environmental sustainability of CEA