Boost strawberry production with bee vectoring.

Get a system that helps you grow better and earn more.

Bee vectoring delivers continuous protection directly to flowers. BVT’s VectorHive™ system uses commercial bees to deliver Vectorite™ with CR-7, a biological fungicide for the control of common fungal diseases including Botrytis (gray mold).

  • 61% increase in marketable trays

  • $3,100 increase in crop value

EPA Registered

Residue Tolerance Exempt

California DPR Registered

OMRI Listed for Organic Use

Get continuous, daily fungicide applications – without using water and spraying.

With the shortage of water in California, it’s time to think about a different way to apply fungicides on your strawberry field.

USED ACROSS AMERICA AND NOW AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA

 

This growing season, leverage pollinating honeybees to reduce disease and increase yield by adding BVT dispensers to the hives for bees to continuously deliver biofungicides to where they are needed most – directly into blooms.

California strawberry field with BVT VectorHive honeybee system alongside

Lower your fungicide and labor costs by using bee vectoring.

With fertilizer and standard chemical costs increasing significantly, bee vectoring is a very cost effective way to treat your crop on a DAILY basis during the strawberry bloom period. The honey bees do all the work! There are practically no labor costs with bee vectoring, just refill dispensers with biofungicide every 7-10 days.

Bee vectoring delivers continuous protection directly to flowers: BVT’s VectorHive™ system uses commercial bees to deliver Vectorite™ with CR-7, a biological fungicide for the control of common fungal diseases including Botrytis (gray mold).

California Strawberry Trials 2021.

Biological efficacy evaluation of CR-7 in strawberries vs. Botrytis.

TRIAL RESULTS: The use of commercial honeybees with the BVT system not only showed effective disease control and superior yield but enhanced fruit health at harvest and postharvest.

LOCATION: Strawberries grown on the Coast of California.

A breakthrough addition to your IPM tool kit.

Reduce spray and wait cycles during bloom time

Get continuous re-application of biologicals with every bee visit to flowers.

Improve resistance management

Bee vectoring is a new physical mode of action.

Zero restricted-entry interval (REI)

Increase farm worker productivity.

Zero pre-harvest interval (PHI)

Start picking right away, there’s no 3-day wait after spraying.

Zero weather delays

Unlike spraying, there are no weather delays with bee vectoring (e.g., after rainfall, wet inaccessible fields, etc.).

Hoop house spraying

Eliminate the challenges of spraying in hoop houses.

Helpful resources.

Learn more about Vectorite with CR-7.

Quick Start Guide (Honey Bees)
2.3 MB
VectorHive Honey Bee Dispenser (English & Spanish)
FAQ Sheet (English)
110.0 KB
For Vectorite with CR-7

Get the buzz on precision bee vectoring.

Get BVT on-site in time for your peak fungal disease period!

FIRST TIME USERS: Introductory pricing available.

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Ian Collinson

Sales Manager
icollinson@beevt.com
M: 647-298-8927

Everett Hendrixon
Territory Manager

941-549-4971

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Ryan Dragoo
Territory Manager

541-410-8665

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Mike Emrick, PCA, CCA
Territory Manager

559-387-8004

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Ian Collinson
Sales Manager

647-298-8927

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