Semiochemical pollination enhancement: Improving crop yields with APIS BLOOM

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Presenting Author(s)

Jesse Andres Saroli

ISCA Technologies
Riverside, California

Co-Author(s)

Agenor Mafra-Neto

ISCA Inc.
Riverside, California
RS

Rodrigo Silva

ISCA Technologies, Inc.
Riverside, CA
CB

Carmem Bernardi

ISCA Technologies, Inc.
Riverside, California
RL

Revilee Lake

ISCA Technologies, Inc.
Riverside, California

Increasing pollination efficiency will benefit many types of crops. New strategies to increase pollination effectiveness in agriculture by Apis mellifera, the western or European honeybee, uses a semiochemical solution that will help both growers and apiculturists. ISCA has developed APIS BLOOM, an effective, long lasting semiochemical formulation designed to encourage the activity of honeybees within a desired area in order to increase pollination rates of flowering crops. APIS BLOOM provides growers with an added level of management over honeybee colonies. This includes increased flower visitation, focus of foraging bees within specific treated areas (increasing the efficiency and productivity of commercial hives), and a reduction in bee exposure to pesticides and pathogens. This results in a range of yield increases in a variety of crops. Overall, a net positive for beekeepers, growers, and the bees that serve them.