Beeflow Pt 2
From the Ag Information Network, this is today’s Fruit Grower Report. There are beekeepers who bring the pollinators to your berry field, and then there are those who train and manage those bees.
Angie De la Luz, Global Director of Field Development for Beeflow, says they started with almonds and blueberries about six years ago, but are expanding their reach …
DeLaLUZ … “Definitely blueberries are the primary focus, and almonds, but we also have this technology for pears, for apples, for citrus, for strawberries, for onion seed, for sunflowers. So, we’ve been sort of building this library since 2018 knowing that these crops are eventually something that we want to work toward.”
So timing, De la Luz says is different for different crops and different regions …
DeLaLUZ … “And then we are also generating bloom curves all throughout the season so we can see, okay, it’s the peak of bloom, maybe we want to bring more bees in. As things are tapering out, we can be efficient and remove hives. So, it’s not just sort of this one-step process, it’s true management of the pollination.”
For growers who are interested in learning more …
DeLaLUZ … “The easiest way is to go to our website, www.beeflow.com. And there’s a contact us form there that will get you directly to me really, to set up an evaluation on the farm. And we can kind of take a look at how your pollination management is today, if there’s an opportunity to improve it or be more efficient. And yeah, we’d love to talk to you.”
Again, that’s www.beeflow.com to learn more about improving the efficiency of your honeybees and the size and quality of your crop.
