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Avocado crop in an agricultural context
Assisted pollination for avocado

Planned pollination for a crop that strongly depends on floral visitors.

Hive supplementation improved physical and commercial fruit parameters in field studies, including fruit weight and quality.

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Highlighted result18% higher fruit weight

Across 36 smallholder farms, half supplemented with two Apis mellifera hives, supplementation increased fruit weight by 18%.

Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2023 · DOI 10.1007/s11829-023-09996-3
In the field

Flowering concentrates a critical operating window.

The program considers crop stage, colony availability and quality, weather, surrounding landscape and compatibility with crop management.

AgroBee approach
  • Assess crop, area and flowering window.
  • Select and allocate colonies according to the plan.
  • Coordinate with farm management and property rules.
  • Follow field execution during the pollination window.
  • Measure according to the metric and scope defined for the program.
Result18% higher fruit weight

Across 36 smallholder farms, half supplemented with two Apis mellifera hives, supplementation increased fruit weight by 18%.

Scientific publication

Insect pollination and pollinator supplementation enhances fruit weight, quality, and marketability of avocado (Persea americana)

Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2023.

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Other results

What else the science shows.

Additional results help explain how pollination appears across different metrics, environments and production systems.

Fruit setKenya · 2021 · Basic and Applied Ecology

More fruit set with insect access

In smallholder farms in Kenya, treatments with insect access produced more fruit set than self-pollination and wind treatments; colony supplementation was also evaluated.

MetricFruit set and fruit retention
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A and B cultivarsIsrael · 2019 · Scientia Horticulturae

98% of Hass fruit came from cross-pollination

In the specific A/B cultivar arrangement studied in Israel, genetic markers attributed 98% of Hass fruit to cross-pollination.

MetricPaternity and cross-pollination
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From evidence to operations

A plan specific to the crop in front of us.

Studies help define what to observe; AgroBee starts with the actual area: flowering calendar, logistics, management and measurement design.

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01

Diagnosis

Understand the context before deployment.

02

Deployment

Execute the flowering window with coordination.

03

Measurement

Read results using the agreed metric.

Field planning · avocado

AgroBee in the field

The plan starts with variety, flowering and orchard layout.

For avocado, the operating design considers varieties, floral synchrony, orchard access, management and the indicator the grower wants to follow.

AgroBee method for assessing assisted-pollination fit.
Next step

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Discuss flowering window, operating design and the best assessment path with the AgroBee team.

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