MT22007 Drone Flies Match Bees in Spring, Outperform in Winter

This article summarises research showing that drone flies (Eristalis tenax) can pollinate blackberries as effectively as honeybees in spring and outperform them in cooler winter conditions, highlighting their potential as complementary managed pollinators for berry crops.

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Categories: Australian Berry Journal, Hort Innovation, Pollination, Rubus, Winter 26
Tags: alternative pollinators, berry pollination, blackberry pollination, brown blow fly, Calliphora stygia, Coffs Harbour, commercial pollination, complementary pollinators, cool-climate pollination, defect-free fruit, Deloraine trial, drone flies, Eristalis tenax, European hover fly, flies as pollinators, fly pollination, fruit quality, hive availability, honey bees, honeybees, Hort Frontiers Pollination Fund, Hort Innovation, hover fly, managed pollinators, MT22007, NSW, PH24002, pollination reliability, pollination services, polytunnel pollination, Rader Lab, raspberry pollination, Rubus pollination, seedPurity, spring pollination, stingless bees, Tasmania, tunnel production, UNE, University of New England, Varroa, winter pollination
Author: Simon Neil
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