Original Article Source: Impact Hustlers
Michael Collinson of Bee Vectoring Technologies – Nature’s Solution To Healthy Crops
Produced By: Maiko Schaffrath
Michael Collinson is the Chairman of Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT) a complete pest and disease management solutions to help growers improve their crop quality.
Highlights:
- Bee colony collapse is caused by multiple issues and mortality rates are not sustainable
- “Employing” Bumble Bees and Honey Bees to deliver an organic solution for plants
- Discovering a fungus that acts as the penicillin for plants
- Going through the EPA registration process because that is where the value lies
- Benefits of their solution vs other pesticides
- How BVT works with farmers to test the product
- Future of agriculture
- BVT grown products in 10 years
Time stamp:
[02:05] How big is the problem of bee colony collapse?
[03:10] How BVT works with bees?
[05:45] How was the solution discovered?
[06:30] Where you are on your journey
[10:00] Biggest concern from farmers
[12:00] Why use bumble bees?
[13:00] BVT’s business model
[15:00] Future of farming
[16:40] Regulatory process and working with growers
Useful links:
BVT website – https://www.beevt.com/
Michael Collinson’s Linkedin- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/michael-collinson-24b75714
Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/49-michael-collinson-bee-vector-technologies-natures/id1290523873?i=1000447607619
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UesIObblCgrZv9MCYixAN
