Purdue University

As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Bees back pollinating melon crops in Katherine after industry slowed following plant virus outbreak

Beekeepers are back pollinating melon crops in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory for the first time in well over a year. The Katherine melon industry was virtually shut down last year ...
Purdue University

As-needed pesticide use brings wild bees, increases watermelon yield without reducing corn profits

Many farmers rent bee hives to pollinate crops, but they could tap into the free labor of wild bees by adopting an as-needed approach to pesticides, a new proof-of-concept study shows. A multiyear ...