Hive-entrance fittings as a simple and cost-effective way to increase cross-pollination by honey bees
Author(s)
Fani Hatjina
Abstract
An approach for improved honey bee cross-pollination of crops involves the use of hive-entrance fittings for enhancing pollen transfer between self-incompatible cultivars of fruit or nut trees, or seed crops. Hive-entrance fittings include pollen dispensers and pollen transfer devices.
Keywords
cross-pollination, hive-entrance fittings, pollen dispensers, pollen transfer devices
