Bumblebee Disruptors

11 October 2022 by Lou Conway

AgTech

Whilst bumblebees are used to pollinate plants in glasshouses in other parts of the world, in Australia bumblebees are prohibited and pollination has been a manual task until now. Israel-based Arugga has up to 20 pollination robots now working in Costa’s glasshouse tomato crop in Guyra, Northern NSW.

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