Soap bubbles succeed in fruit tree pollination

I just had to laugh.

“They’ve been searching for alternative approaches to pollination, because of the decline in the number of bees worldwide.”

“When fired from a bubble gun, the delicate soapy spheres achieved a success rate of 95%.”

“The researchers are now testing drones that fire bubbles for pollination.”

Japanese researchers succeed in fertilising pears using pollen carried on a soap bubble.

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