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Bumblebees scurry out of a hive, collecting a beneficial fungus on hairy legs as they exit, and carry a health package to crops across a swath of farmland. The activity …

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One of the most persistent and destructive problems in modern agriculture is its heavy reliance on pesticides. The United States alone uses about 1.1 billion pounds of these chemicals every …

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Pollinators help out the environment a lot, but one Canadian startup has found a new way that bees can aid in plant health. Bee Vectoring Technologies’ goal is to target …

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Bees could play a role in integrated pest management (IPM) of oilseed rape by distributing fungicides for sclerotinia control, according to Canadian-based company Bee Vectoring Technology (BVT) CEO Michael Collinson.

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For over a century, chemical pesticides have been in use to control pests and increase crop yield. However, chemical pesticides present a number of problems that negatively affect the environment, …

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BVT a Canadian-based research company, recently developed and commercialized a new crop protection solution that uses bumblebees to deliver organic biopesticides to flowering food crops.

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