Although the number of crops that rely on bee pollination is increasing, according to Palo Alto-based Beehero, changes across a number of variables mean that the same number of hives in an orchard may not be providing all the pollinator punch required.

“The equation of beehives-per-acre doesn’t hold much,” Omer Davidi, co-founder and CEO of BeeHero, tells AFN. “The density of trees has changed, microclimates have changed, the efficiency of bees has changed but the numbers of hives-per-acre stays the same. This means you have less pollination for the flower which is one of the causes of insufficient pollination. We are looking at it more as a bees-per-tree model.”

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Source: BeeHero blossoms with $4m seed round to commercialize precision pollination