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Drones Applying Pesticides are Cheaper Than Conventional Spray Techniques Winter Losses of British Honey Bees Were the Lowest Rate Since the BBA Started Counting…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – We Need to Think not Just about Honey Bees but Wild Bumblebees and other Pollinators when Considering the Impact of Pesticides.
By: Cyrus Moulton WORCESTER – You may have heard about honeybee loss and colony collapse disorder. But a new study from Worcester Polytechnic Institute finds that wild…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Dropcopter Releases Pollination Results. Way More Fruit Using a Drone Than When Using Honey Bees.
Dropcopter, a drone AG startup based in California and Central New York, recently made headlines as the first company to successfully pollinate almonds, cherries…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – To Give Bees a Break, Farmers Pollinated an Apple Orchard Using Drones.
With bee populations continuing to decline, farmers, conservationists, and technologists alike are busy searching for a solution to help carry out pollination. A New…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Robotic Bees Are a Real Thing—and the Company Funding Them Might Surprise You.
Bonnie Burton The buzz about pollination drones is more important than ever, and companies like Walmart want in on the action. When several types…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Next-Generation Drones Inspired by Nature.
By: Ryan Bushey The key to designing the next generation of drones could reside in the animal kingdom. Engineers are exploring an area of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Thousands Of Hornets Swarm Over Innocent Fire Service Drone. Never Mind Robots, Get A Load Of These Winged Horrors!
By Gareth Corfield This is an Asian hornet Rise of the Insects A UK Jersey-based drone was brutally attacked by a swarm of Asian…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Knowing the Rules for Drones in Agriculture
Brian German, AG NET Using drones in agriculture has become more prevalent in recent years as larger commercial models become available. As they become…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – How cryopreservation techniques might sustain a threatened species, and us in the process.
On a hot evening in June, Washington State University (WSU) entomologist Brandon Hopkins sat in front of a microscope in Orland, California, handling one…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists have shown that the drone can leave behind a virus that may infect the queen with the disease deformed wing virus. The Queen dies, the colony does too.
From Science Daily When a queen has sex with many different partners, it can increase her risk of infection with venereal disease. It can…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40%, study shows
Previous studies have shown how neonicotinoids reduce the number bumblebees queens produced. Photograph: Richard Becker/Alamy Stock Photo The world’s most widely used insecticide is…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Drone Capturing Method like “Robotic Falconry”
No, Not Those Drones, These Drones Greg Watry, Digital Reporter Two drones hover above a parking lot. The larger drone suddenly shoots a white…
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