How robots are filling in for bees and helping pollinate Japan’s apple orchards
Story Date: 9/29/2021

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 8/24/21

According to the estimate of the Japanese government, the number of bee swarms in Japan has seen a 40% reduction over the past nine years. The absence of important insect pollinators could cast a massive fruit yield reduction and cause a fatal blow on the annual revenue of fruit farmers. The idea of applying ground robots for fruit tree pollination was a bold attempt to cope with the pollination crisis.

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