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In 1998 the “buzz pollination” technique was discovered: bumblebees are superior pollinators due to the vibrations
they create within flowers. These intense vibrations from the insects increase the pollen released to flower and
collected by the bees themselves. Today more than 100 different farms throughout the world use bumblebees for
pollination, and this process is essential to tomato flowers.
TOMATO
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE ONE THAT HAS BEEN
POLLINATED BY A BUMBLEBEE?
FACE TO FACE WITH A
ARTIFICIALLY
POLLINATED
NATURALLY POLLINATED
WITH BUMBLEBEES
A single visit to a tomato flower is sufficient for the bumblebee to complete the pollination process.
