Mini-drone helps bees to pollinate

- Scientists testing a mini drone that helps bees to pollinate plants. The drone damage to crops must by helping reduce a shortage of bees and pollination.

Through for the second mini-helicopter, designed by Eijiro Miyako from the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, has an excellent leg, made of horse hair with a sticky gel.

The drone of tests thus goes from flower to flower to spread the pollen needed. The drones are equipped with sensors and learn to avoid each other.

Thanks to GPS signals are hundreds of such 'bees' to follow continuously for the farmer and beekeeper.\n  \n   \n    \n    \n   \n   \n   \n      \n   \n     Mini versions of the drone will soon take over fields to help bees with pollination.\n    \n   \n     Photo: REUTERS

The procedure is necessary because bee colonies mass extinction. Miayko sees his drone as a first step in an attempt to reduce the food shortage. According to a study from 2016 has died in the United States 44% of all bee colonies.

In the US, due to the shortage of bees all bee colonies from farmer to farmer driven in trucks to keep the pollination, but launched

The United Nations has estimated 40% of all pollinators, including butterflies, threatened with extinction. In the Netherlands, some companies invest in maintaining bee colonies. \u0026 Nbsp;

Future swarm with mini-drones in greenhouses, and in fields does not solve the problem of the production of honey, the work of the ordinary bees. The scientists are also working for this the necessary technology.

Bee pollination ensures fields worth of $ 15 billion in the United States, is a sector where 1.4 billion people work.