Coffee2025
Core study16% higher yield16% higher yield in Arabica coffee
The observed average across 23 coffee farms in southeastern Brazil compared areas closer to managed colonies with control areas farther away.
Read full study →Results & studies
Science to deepen the decision.
Explore primary studies, quantitative results and contexts that help explain how pollination appears across different crops.
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Yield, fruit weight, fruit set and seed set answer different questions. Metric, comparator and context are what make each result interpretable.
Soybean2023/2024
Core study13% higher yield13% higher yield across three soybean seasons
Research conducted at Embrapa Soybean over three consecutive seasons in Londrina compared 5,565 kg/ha with hives against 4,926 kg/ha without pollinator access.
Read full study →Sunflower2019
Core studyUp to 40% higher yieldUp to 40% higher yield at field scale
A four-year field study evaluated the contribution of insect pollination to sunflower yield.
Read full study →Avocado2023
Core study18% higher fruit weight18% higher avocado fruit weight
Across 36 farms, 18 received supplementation with two Apis mellifera hives and 18 were used as controls.
Read full study →Canola2026
Core study33% higher yield33% higher yield in a pollinator-exclusion experiment
The experiment was conducted in the Argentine Pampas and compared an Apis mellifera-only treatment with a pollinator-exclusion treatment.
Read full study →Carinata2026
Core study26.8% higher seed set26.8% higher seed set in carinata
In Brassica carinata fields in the United States, the study compared pollinator access with pollinator exclusion.
Read full study →Coffee2018
Supporting evidenceYield associated with landscape and managementLandscape and management explain part of coffee yield variation
The study evaluated 34 coffee farms in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, over two years, relating floral visitors, crop management and landscape context to yield.
Read full study →Soybean2026
Supporting evidenceFloral biology and seed setSelf-pollinating soybean: how insect visitation entered seed formation
Across 15 plots in a 24-hectare soybean field in central Argentina, the study followed flowers, visitation and seed formation over four weeks.
Read full study →Sunflower2011
Supporting evidence43% higher seed yield in the studied treatmentBee visitation and sunflower seed production
This Brazilian experiment evaluated Apis mellifera visitation and seed yield across different sunflower genotypes.
Read full study →Avocado2021
Supporting evidencePollination deficit measured under field conditionsPollination deficit and fruit set in smallholder avocado orchards
The study evaluated smallholder avocado systems in Kenya, comparing self-pollination, insect pollination, hand pollination and colony-supplementation treatments.
Read full study →Canola2012
Supporting evidenceSeeds, oil and market valueIn canola, pollination also appears in quality and market value
Across ten Brassica napus fields, the study compared flowers accessible to insects with flowers protected by mesh and evaluated production, quality and market value.
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