Protected vegetables

them exceptionally efficient in this vital task. Their fuzzy bodies attract pollen, allowing them to transport it from flower to flower. Unlike honeybees, [...] perform "buzz pollination." By vibrating their flight muscles, they dislodge pollen from certain flowers with exceptional precision, a technique particularly

Pollination checklist Growing lights

15:00 Do not keep a hive closed for longer than one day unless additional pollen is fed to the bees. Bumblebee pollination of preferably at least 4 hours

Tomato

pollination ensures that the ovaries in the flowers are fertilized with pollen, leading to the formation of healthy fruits. To encourage pollination in

Neoseiulus cucumeris

small organisms such as spider mites and tarsonemid mites. They also feed on pollen, which is useful for instance in sweet pepper crops as the predatory mite

Amblyseius andersoni

such as whitefly , tarsonemid mites and rust mites. They can also feed on pollen which is useful because the predatory mites can establish in flowering crops

Manual Growing lights

lead to a high relative humidity (RH). If the RH rises above 80-85%, the pollen is not released from the flowers and cannot be collected by the bumblebees [...] day. Never keep a hive closed for longer than one day unless additional pollen is fed to the bees. 2.1 When to open and close the hives In general, the

Predatory mites

populations. They can rapidly build up populations as they can also survive on pollen or other prey. Amblyseius swirskii ( Swirski-Mite ), Amblydromalus limonicus