Singapore company Polybee is testing its drones at the University of Western Sydney and with the South Australian company Perfection Fresh in trials funded by Hort Innovation as part of a $60 million commitment to pollination research.
Polybee founder Siddharth Jadhav said the drones would pollinate strawberry and tomato crops for the Australian trials.Mr Jadhav said this method outperformed bumblebees in trials at one of the largest indoor vertical farms in the United Kingdom last April. "And this is the time of the year when the price of the produce is highest, and pollination activity is the lowest, so that's the value proposition that we are bringing on board."The head of the Western Sydney University trial, Dr Patsavee Utaipanon, said blow flies and native stingless bees would also be evaluated in the trial.
I love technology, but where we are heading from this for scares the shit out of me.
Reminds me of a certain blackmirror episode.
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