Flowering tomato

Noise and pollination

by Zsófia Varga-SzilayBumblebee behaviour, PollinatorsPosted on Comments are Disabled

In addition to wild pollinators visiting agricultural lands, ’commercial bumblebees’ (e.g. Bombus terrestris audax in Europea) have been used in glass houses and open-field cultivations worldwide since the 1980s. Indeed, bumblebees (Bombus sp.) are the most efficient pollinators for a wide variety of popular crops, such as tomatoes and strawberries, and it is also well-known …

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The bumblebees and the flowering cabbage

Life is buzzing on the cabbage

by Zsófia Varga-SzilayEcology, PollinatorsPosted on Comments are Disabled

Of the many gorgeous herbaceous plants and flowering fruit trees, the buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) in our garden chose the blooming cabbage (Brassica oleracea) as their favourite nectar and pollen source this spring. Cabbage is a cross-pollinated crop, which means it is not capable of self-fertilisation, thus pollination via insects is one of the best …

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