Hort America carries line of pollinators

Hort Americas announced that it now carries VegiBee Garden Pollinators. A line of handheld electric vegetable pollinators, VegiBee can be used in greenhouses and home gardens on tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, peas and beans. According to Hort Americas, they will increase crop yield by 30 percent or more.

The pollinators are designed to imitate the high frequency vibrations made by a bee’s wings during pollination. They create sonic vibrations that gently release pollen from the flower onto a specially designed collection spoon. The company says that in a matter of seconds, enough pollen is collected to pollinate four to five flowers by dipping the flower stigma into the collected pollen on the same plant.

Two pollinator models are available. The five-speed, rechargeable, UL-certified VegiBee Garden Pollinator (VBP-01) includes a recharging base, short and long wands, and a pollen spoon. The VegiBee Express (VBP-02) is battery-powered and comes with a single speed pollinator, long wand, pollen spoon and base unit.