Serious bees-ness: Pollinator drones could replace endangered insects

‘Japanese scientists are developing pollinator drones that can assume the vital role bees normally play in the planet’s ecosystem.
Dr Eijiro Miyako, from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, experimented with an ionic liquid gel and found that drones coated in the gel could fly between lily flowers, collecting and depositing pollen much the same as their black and gold organic counterparts would.’
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