18% more seed weight per plant
Across ten canola fields, insect pollination increased seed weight per plant by 18% and market value by 20%, while also improving quality attributes.
MetricWeight, oil, chlorophyll and market value
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Assisted pollination for canola
Managed bees to expand the productive potential of flowering.
Self-compatible canola also responded to insect pollination, with measurable effects on yield and production components.
Highlighted result33% higher yield
In a caging experiment in Argentina, the Apis mellifera-only treatment yielded 33% more than the pollinator-exclusion treatment.
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2026 · DOI 10.26786/1920-7603(2026)856In 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.
Result33% higher yield
In a caging experiment in Argentina, the Apis mellifera-only treatment yielded 33% more than the pollinator-exclusion treatment.
Scientific publication
Effect of honey bees (Apis mellifera) and wild insect pollination on rapeseed (Brassica napus) yield in the Argentine Pampas: Results of a caging experiment
Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2026.
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What else the science shows.
Additional results help explain how pollination appears across different metrics, environments and production systems.
Response varies among 23 commercial varieties
A comparison of 23 commercial varieties found differences in pollinator dependence, seed production and quality.
MetricProduction, quality and dependence
Open source →Visitation and seed production in southern Brazil
In Rio Grande do Sul, Apis mellifera visitation followed flowering and was associated with seed production.
MetricVisitation, pods and seeds
Open source →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.
See the method →01
Diagnosis
Understand the context before deployment.
02
Deployment
Execute the flowering window with coordination.
03
Measurement
Read results using the agreed metric.
Poliniza Celena · canola
AgroBee in the field
More than 2,500 hectares of canola in Rio Grande do Sul in 2024.
GZH reported the Celena–AgroBee partnership in the programme’s third year, with 6,000 hives, around 350 million bees and 48 beekeepers involved.
+2.5k hacanola · RS
6,000hives
350 millionbees
48beekeepers
Public source: GZH, report published on 25 Nov 2024.Open GZH report ↗
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