Blueberry Pollination Report 2021

Blueberries depend on bee pollination to maximize yields. While different blueberry cultivars vary in their dependence for crop pollination, lack of 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 2021, we visited two farms to characterize the pollinator community and set up experiments to quantify pollination limitation. This report provides a summary of the findings. Specifically, you will find information about the pollinator diversity and abundance in the farm, and to what degree crop yields might be limited by insufficient pollination.