Blueberry Pollination Report 2019

Blueberries depend on bee pollination to maximize yields. While different blueberry cultivars vary in their dependence for crop pollination, lack or suboptimal bee visitation can decrease fruit set and fruit weight. As part of our NE-SARE funded project, we are working on characterizing the pollinator community and the benefits of pollination for the blueberry crops . In 2019, we visited two farms to characterize the pollinator community and set up our experiments to quantify pollination limitation. This report provides a report of the information we collected in 2019. Specifically, you will find information about the pollinator diversity and abundance in your farm, and to what degree your crop yields benefit from pollination services. This experiment was repeated in 2021 and a second report is available with that information..