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Pollination is the crucial first step toward obtaining good yields. Most fruits grown in Michigan, including cherries, apples, peaches, pears, blueberries and cranberries, require insect pollination to ensure good fruit set. About pollinators |
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| Above, bumble bee on a cherry blossom. |
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Pollinators and pesticide use
- Working with beekeepers when using pesticides - pdf file or html
- Insecticides and horn-face bees - pdf file
Effective pollination
- Chart with sweet cherry varieties in order of bloom and information on which varieties are good pollenizer matches. (pdf file)
- Find a Michigan beekeeper
- Pollination tips for tree fruit
- Using bees for pollination of fruit crops
- The effect of temperature on pollen tube growth in different cherry varieties
Conserving and encouraging bees
The following resources link to a web site about establishing and managing native plant habitats in fields, orchards and conservation buffers to increase biological pest insect control and pollination services.
- Pollination and bees
- Conserving Native Bees on Farmland. Colorful, 4-page fact sheet. Includes native bee biology with practical advice for increasing native bee abundance. Print/view a pdf file of this bulletin, or call the MSU Extension Bulletin office (517-353-6740) to order copies. The bulletin inventory number is E-2985. A single copy costs $1.50.
- Teaching resources
Funding support: Project GREEEN, the Michigan Cherry Committee and the MSU IPM Program and special project support from NC-IPM Center.
06/15/09 Web developed by: J.N. Landis