With Georgia’s blueberry blooming period now complete, growers in the region using Bee Vectoring Technologies’ (TSXV, CVE: BEE; OTCQB:BEVVF) crop protection system reported high fruit set and low fruit drop, both typical early indicators of a successful, high-yield harvest.
“BVT continues to positively impact our blueberry operations,” Winn Morgan, co-founder of Major League Blueberries and a leading blueberry expert, said in a statement.
“We had very high fruit set despite poor weather conditions at times. 2020 will definitely be the highest production year for us and we will continue to use Bee Vectoring for years to come,” he added.
John Bennett of Alma Sunbelt Blueberries, a leading Georgia blueberry grower who farms 355 acres of highbush and rabbiteye, said this was his first experience with the Bee Vectoring system, and “we are very pleased with what we saw. We are encouraged with the results on our highbush farm and we are going to use the Bee Vectoring system next year.”
Bee Vectoring replaces chemical pesticides and plant protection product spray applications by delivering biological pesticide alternatives to crops using commercially grown bees. The technology is completely harmless to bees and allows minute amounts of naturally-derived biologicals to be delivered directly to blooms, providing improved crop protection and yield results than traditional chemical pesticides, as well as improving the health of the soil, the microbiome and the environment.
Ashish Malik, CEO of Bee Vectoring, said the Georgia growers who piloted the company’s system this season farm on a combined total of about 3,000 acres. “Most are first-time users, and based on this initial success, we anticipate they’ll progressively add Bee Vectoring across their entire operations over the next two-to-three seasons.”
Mr. Malik said the company is now moving to the berry season in the Pacific Northwest, where the blooming period has just started in Oregon, and starts in early May in Washington state.
