Since plants rely on pollination to survive, that could mean a huge disruption in the balance of ecosystems. Similarly, later ...

Robots and drones have been incorporated, and in extreme cases, in areas where there are little to no insects, pollination is being done manually by people, even by children.

Robotic bees to pollinate crops in some countries With the drastic loss of pollinators in the world, an idea was floated in 2018 to create a robotic bee to mimic the fertilization techniques if ...

Roughly 75% of crops require pollinators, with nuts and fruits particularly dependent. While other species of bees and insects can play a role, they can’t replace honeybees.

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These automated pollinators would reduce manual labour and improve production. “This technology enhances crop yields and quality, directly contributing to food security,” Dr. Alirezaee explains.

From tiny roundabout gardens filled with native plants to a three-year pollinator meadow research project, municipalities across the country are showing that even small changes to public spaces ...

As an example of the former, researchers have developed tiny robotic pollinators that can fly using wind and light. As an example of the latter, a Carbon Robotics unit can already destroy 100,000 ...

"Almonds are one of the largest pollination events in the world,” said Ellis, who uses Beewise’s hives on 30% of the acres he manages. "Typically, a grower needs two hives per acre,” each ...

Roughly 300,000 robot hives are in use across the U.S., scattered across fields of almond, canola, pistachios and other crops that require pollination to grow.

The US has observed a startling uptick in the number of bee colonies dying off since the mid-2000s. Robotic hives are helping cut down losses as they are able to collect data and analyse the health of ...