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| Commercial bumblebee foraging on a strawberry flower © Martin |
Commercially
reared bumblebee colonies are used to provide pollination services to a variety
of crops. For example, in the UK approximately 15,000 bumblebee (Bombus terrestris audax) colonies are
imported for use on soft fruit farms (e.g. strawberry, raspberry, blueberry).
Before being placed into crops, these colonies are reared in large scale
industrial facilities. When the colonies reach an appropriate size, they are
distributed to farms around the world.
