Hive Leasing

Bee pollination not only results in a higher number of fruits, berries or seeds, it may also give a better quality of produce, and the efficient pollination of flowers may also serve to protect the crops against pests. The better weight due to sufficient pollination arises from the development of all seeds in a fruit. An apple, for example, will only develop all the seeds inside if it has been pollinated by several bees and fully fertilized. It is possible for an apple flower to develop about ten seeds. If all the seeds do not develop, the fruit itself does not develop where the seeds are not developing. This results in poorly shaped apple of low weight. The same can be the case with strawberries, where a fully developed strawberry needs about 21 visits of bees: at least this is the case for the old varieties of strawberries; some new ones are not so dependent on bees. A single strawberry can have 400-500 seeds (or actually small nuts) sitting on the surface of one berry. The higher number of seeds developing fully – the bigger and more even shaped the berry will be.