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This takes me back to a time in New Zealand kiwifruit history, where a unit was attached to the front of the hive that sprayed, using a tank of air, pollen onto the bees for distribution on kiwifruit flowers. Caused a bit of an uproar. Think it was 'bee force'. Have got photos.If you had hives with holey boxes the bees found an alternative entrance. If no holes, beekeepers concerned about heating inside hive. Beekeepers didnt always know when they were being used. Just came into orchard to feed sugar and the unit had been attached. No payment to beekeeper for use of their hives in this way. The company just charged the orchardist.Was a concern about where the pollen was coming from.In our case, we used push pins, or coloured drawing pins/tacks to show the age of queens, or breed of queen. When we came into feed after placing hives in the middle of the night, the pins were thrown on the ground under the hedgerow to put the unit on front.It would be interesting to see how they would apply a pesticide trap for this research.Fiona O'BrienNew Zealand
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