- More than 2,500 hectares of canola in Rio Grande do Sul were reported in 2024.
- The canola stage involved 6,000 hives, around 350 million bees and 48 beekeepers.
- In the 2025 season, the carinata operation reached 870 hectares and more than 200 million bees.
- The figures describe specific programmes and seasons; they are not a general historical total for AgroBee.
An operation that grew with the crop
Poliniza Celena began as an assisted-pollination programme for oilseed crops in Rio Grande do Sul. The partnership brought together farm planning, beekeeping, hive transport and follow-up during flowering.
Canola was the first public axis of this work. In 2024, public reporting described the operation in its third consecutive year.
The published canola scale
GZH reported more than 2,500 hectares of canola, 6,000 hives, around 350 million bees and 48 beekeepers involved in the programme.
These figures show the logistics of a regional operation: it is not only about placing hives, but also coordinating people, areas, routes and the flowering window.
Carinata in the 2025 season
In the 2025 season, the programme also operated in carinata. GZH reported more than 200 million bees across 870 hectares in Erechim, Panambi, Alegrete and Santo Ângelo.
The report records coordination by Celena, AgroBee and Nufarm. Expansion mentioned for later periods is not presented as a completed operation here.
What this history adds to planning
Canola and carinata show why a pollination operation needs to be designed for the crop, region and season. Planning starts with flowering and continues through hive logistics, beekeeper coordination and field follow-up.
The agronomic result of each scientific study remains in its own metric. The operating history shows how the programme was put in place.
Science to guide. Field execution to operate during flowering.
The literature helps explain mechanisms and results. AgroBee takes that interpretation into a plan that considers crop, area, flowering, logistics, management and follow-up.
View the canola page →- Open GZH reportPolinização assistida da canola no Rio Grande do SulMore than 2,500 ha, 6,000 hives, around 350 million bees and 48 beekeepers; report published 25 Nov 2024.
- Open GZH reportOperação de carinata no Rio Grande do Sul2025 season: more than 200 million bees across 870 ha in four municipalities; report published 13 Apr 2026.
Canola
Self-compatible canola also responded to insect pollination, with measurable effects on yield and production components.
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