Buzz-pollinated crop
A crop whose pollen is only released by vibration, which honey bees cannot perform.
Botany
Definition
Tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, blueberries, cranberries and kiwifruit all hold pollen in tubular anthers that release it only under vibration. Bumblebees, blue-banded bees and many solitary bees can do this; honey bees cannot. It is the clearest single case where wild bees do work managed bees are physically incapable of.
See also
Other botany terms
Sources
Sources
- Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production — Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (2016) · Systematic review Link
- The Bees of the World — Johns Hopkins University Press (2007) · Textbook
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