Easy to manage

• Hives can be transported between different crops to satisfy different pollination periods
• No ongoing maintenance or sugar feeding
• You own them

Bumblebees vs honeybees

Bumblebees vs honeybees

• A single bumblebee is worth many honeybees, at least 50 in certain crops like kiwifruit
• Bumblebees work faster, in worse weather and for more of the day than honeybees do
• Bumblebees perform better under all forms of crop cover, from netting to full plastic and fully enclosed sides
• Bumblebees are better at cross-pollination than honeybees
• Bumblebees are poor communicators, they won’t all leave the crop for richer flowers like honeybees will
• Bumblebees work well when used with honeybees, achieving better overall pollination than one species alone

Ideal working range

• Mainly within a 50 m radius from hive: bumblebees are easier to keep focused on your crop
• Easier to spread evenly throughout the crop
• Density of hives is crop specific so please ask us for advice

Sturdy hive construction

• Weather resistant two hive box available
• Guaranteed minimum 4 weeks

NEW

For the first time in New Zealand, the Flying doctors^®

Specially developed pollen dispensing hives will be available for trials in kiwifruit this year for the first time. These can be used to take artificially harvested pollen out to the crop. The bumblebees transfer the pollen directly to the flowers, meaning less waste and significant pollen and labour savings, plus hives can be moved from gold to green to further minimise costs.

Used increasingly in Italy to pollinate kiwifruit, trials show it is as effective as hand pollination in the absence of males.

For more information or to place an order contact:

Mike Sim

Biobees Limited | 1332 Omahu Road, Hastings 4175

M: (022) 495 4066 | E: mike.sim@biobees.co.nz

(06) 879 5883 | www.biobees.co.nz

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