Crop pollination method by insects
CA 2287794 C · Owner: Harper, William · Inventors: Harper, William
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A new pollination method for efficient crop pollination by insects primarily , the economical production of solitary bees and other pollinating insects in such sufficient and reliable numbers so as to permit their, timely distribution among and pollination of entomophilous plants to produce a crop. The process utilizes a, clean manufacturing environment to rear insect ovum to imagoes that are isolated from agents of disease, predation and parasitism. This pollination method employs a point-to-point distribution system that also, substantially reduces material handling, and shipping costs.
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- Filed October 19, 1999 and granted July 8, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 19, 2019.
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