• Koppert bumblebee hives: fresh look, trusted quality

  June 19, 2023

  effectiveness that Koppert bumblebees have always been known for. For many growers good pollination is essential to ensure a high quality harvest. With more [...] attentively to growers in the field and actively responding to their feedback. Many of our solutions are derived from growers' observations, and we greatly value [...] value their role in communicating the challenges they face. In collaboration with nature, we strive to find solutions for today's cultivation issues, promoting

• Keep Them Cool!

  August 10, 2021

  growers to protect the hive against direct sunlight and to place it in a cool spot. For extreme ambient temperatures, the best practice is to help the [...] Bumblebees need to keep a cool head to be able to function optimally and carry out their valuable pollination work. ‘We go a long way to ensure that growers [...] practices guidelines to limit or prevent these influences.’ The Natupol hives are designed in such a way that the bumblebees are able to influence the microclimate

• Want to Tackle Diseases and Pests in Roses?

  July 14, 2020

  Caterpillars In order to know the type of butterfly you are dealing with when faced with caterpillars , it is useful to set out pheromone traps to attract the [...] Cryptobug may sometimes provide a solution, but it mainly works with high temperatures and humidity. Focus on plant resilience It is becoming more and more apparent [...] Thripex , and Entomite-M . In addition, Horiver sticky traps are absolutely essential, not only to detect thrips but also to capture them. Spider mite Predatory

• How to protect bumblebees from heat

  advise growers to protect the hive from direct sunlight and to place it in a cool spot. There are various methods available for growers to do so: Right placement [...] crop production and maintain high yields for growers. To ensure a positive result, it is crucial to protect to bumblebees from heat. Hot temperatures can [...] pollination may stop due to damage to the hive. Bumblebees therefore need to keep cool in hot summer conditions to be able to function optimally and carry

• La Hacienda Fresh increases crop profitability thanks to biological control

  able to release in a timely manner... we have seen the impact reflected in a safe environment for the worker and a better quality of fruit for export, since [...] attested to by La Hacienda Fresh, a company that has developed great expertise in the integrated management of pests and diseases, making it a benchmark [...] pest control has helped us to have a better yield by lengthening the harvest weeks. We have managed to reach 42 weeks thanks to the fact that agrochemical

• Manual Growing lights

  available for bumblebees to fly around, this shows that a lot of bumblebees can get lost. Note: A bumblebee colony can lose all its foraging bees in just 2 [...] differently to humans. They need the blue, green and UV spectrum for foraging, but do not see in the red light spectrum. Conversely, humans do see in the red [...] equipped with a blue hive door (in the visible spectrum for bumblebees) and has a special, flower shaped, UV pattern around the entrance of the hive to help the

• The various stages of the spider mite

  March 4, 2023

  spider mite, i.e., a mite in its fifth stage of development, can vary in color quite considerably. Adult females are half a millimeter in size, and their [...] all stages of its lifecycle. It starts with the eggs, which are as round as a ball. These eggs produce larvae, which have just six legs. To begin with, they [...] transparent, but as they eat, they become darker. The larvae develop into nymphs, which have eight legs. We distinguish two different nymph stages in the spider

• Ten facts about spider mites

  November 18, 2021

  mite tends to appear in the same spots in the crop. In greenhouses, this is typically on plants close to the entrance or where it’s warm. Out in the field [...] attention to warm spots where there is little wind. The variation is great – there are more than 1200 species of spider mite. Some have evolved to ‘specialize’ [...] Knowledge is critical to ensuring good biological control. And it’s no different when it comes to spider mite – the more you know about this pest, the

• Top Reasons for Using Bumblebees

  August 18, 2021

  bee. In most situations, “buzz-pollination” will allow a bumblebee to pollinate a flower in a single visit. A honeybee typically needs to visit a flower [...] Bumblebees will fly in winds of up to 40mph (64km/hr). Bumblebees pollinate flowers through a method called “buzz- pollination ”, a rapid vibrating motion [...] before it is fully pollinated. Bumblebees lack the sophisticated communication system of honeybees, and are less likely to leave your crop for more attractive

• Rhyzobug FAQ

  can apply the product into the crop and is it safe to use? Everyone is able to apply Rhyzobug. It is safe for the user and no permits are required. Introduction [...] are oval/ round and vary in colour from white to dark-brown. The scale is not connected to the body. What damage symptoms refer to armoured scales? No honeydew [...] long and 1.8 mm wide. They have a brown coloured abdomen covered by hairs. The head is reddish brown. The larvae are grey with a light longitudinal light