• Pollination checklist outdoor

  also been collated and published in a booklet supplied together with the hive. Download checklist Positioning advice Introduce bumblebees 4-7 days before [...] matter with your advisor. Consult the list of side effects, on paper or via the Internet . This list states how each product can be integrated with the use [...] resulting from direct sunlight, particularly in warm periods. Provide the hive with sufficient shade, for example by positioning it in the shadow of the crop

• Rose aphid

  symptoms Infestations with rose aphids retard the growth of buds and new shoots. Foliage and flowers are often disfigured and contaminated with sticky honeydew [...] cycle, with both winged and wingless forms of adults and a great variety in colour. In greenhouses, reproduction takes place by parthenogenesis, with unfertilized [...] aphids can build up on roses in spring and summer; sometimes shoots are completely covered by aphids. In summer, winged aphids spread the infestation to

• Crane flies

  flies are large flies with females reaching 45-50 mm across. They have long, spindly legs and one pair of narrow, clear wings with clearly visible veins [...] the soil surface. Adult common crane flies emerge from the soil in late summer to fall, and females mate and lay 200-300 eggs. Larvae emerge within one [...] begins to warm up in spring. The larvae pupate below the soil surface in summer. The pupal stage lasts about two weeks.

• Woolly apple aphid

  be seen, mainly on spurs and branches. Many generations occur during the summer months, also on new growth. Water shoots arising from the trunk or main [...] the wind from tree to tree. Sometimes a few winged aphids are produced in summer. Winged egg-laying females are produced in early autumn but their eggs do

• Tea spider mite

  live for 3 weeks during summer period and couple of months during winter. The life cycle is shorter (10-12 days) during summer period and it takes longer [...] cycle of spider mites includes eggs, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult with quiescent stages in between two successive active stages. Females lays 40

• Pollination checklist tomato

  Checklist indicates how the best pollination results can be achieved. Download Poster During pollination, a bumblebee bites onto the flower and makes [...] germination capacity of the pollen decreases, potentially resulting in problems with fruit setting. The bumblebees will still collect pollen, and leave bite marks [...] bumblebees stop flying. From the moment, the bumblebees will occupy themselves with cooling the hive until the temperature drops below 32 degrees Celsius again

• Treatment of bumblebee stings and allergies

  reaction to a sting and treatment. Download the poster version of Bumblebee stings and allergies through the link below. Download poster Bumblebee, honeybee, [...] a hyposensitization treatment. Immunotherapy with honeybee venom does not necessarily protect patients with bumblebee allergy. This treatment is intended [...] pollinators in agricultural and horticultural crops. There are various subspecies with differing appearances including different colours and patterns. In general

• Spidex Vital lives up to its promises

  many Phytoseiulus eggs.’ This corresponds with the explanation Sjaak received from consultant Ron Delissen and with what Koppert promised in the leaflet, he [...] been a reliable beneficial. ‘I use it to combat spider mite in combination with Cucumeris, Feltiella, and Swirskii. Together, they create an effective mix [...] the weather conditions have been favourable up to now. But, he says, the summer is yet to come. ‘Later on in the season, air humidity will fall. Although

• Click beetles

  General Click beetles are elongate beetles with a hard exoskeleton, with the head deeply retracted into the thorax. When disturbed they lie on their back [...] brown or light brown with a darker head. Larval development takes 4 to 5 years. When fully grown the larvae pupate in the soil in summer. The adults appear [...] back feigning death and then suddenly propel themselves into the air with a audible click. Hence their name. Their larvae are called wireworms and feed

• Amazone Plants continues the path of organic cultivation

  With good piece production rates, high product quality, and excellent varieties, Amazone Plants are at the top end of the market. Biological plant protection [...] turned out fine – the plants in 12 cm pots were sold in 14 cm pots in the summer, and the plants in 14 cm pots went to the buyers in 17 cm pots. The company [...] only become noticeable once the plants are in the hall. Fantastic results with Swirski-LD The main pests are the Western flower thrips , aphids (predominantly