RB23002: Best Practice Pollinator Management for the Rubus Industry

Research across Australian Rubus-growing regions is identifying which insects pollinate raspberries and blackberries and how growers can support them. The update compares honeybees, stingless bees, reed bees, sweat bees, hoverflies and other visitors across regions and examines how dependence on managed honeybees may influence vulnerability to changing pollination availability and costs.

File Type: pdf
Categories: Australian Berry Journal, Hort Innovation, Pollination, Rubus, Spring 26
Tags: blackberry pollination, bumblebees, floral resources, honeybees, Hoverflies, managed pollination, native bees, pollinator diversity, pollinator habitat, pollinator management, raspberry pollination, RB23002, reed bees, Rubus pollination, stingless bees, sweat bees, varroa mite
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