Bees for coffee

Although coffee does not need pollination to produce berries, visits by African honeybees can induce more and heavier (25%) berries. According to researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the coffee tree benefits from the...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2002
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/47607
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Summary:Although coffee does not need pollination to produce berries, visits by African honeybees can induce more and heavier (25%) berries. According to researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the coffee tree benefits from the...