Pollination Service Contract Examples
Communication is key between growers and commercial beekeepers.
Make sure that your contract includes the following important information:
- Number and minimum size of colonies
- Dates that colonies will be on site
- Agreed price and payment dates
- Agrochemicals that will used when bees are on site
- Liability
- Managing Alternative Pollinators - Sample pollination contract
- Project Apis m. - Sample almond pollination agreement
- Cornell University - Sample pollination services contract
- University of Delaware - Pollination contracts
- University of Florida - Sample pollination agreement
- University of Minnesota - Guidelines for cranberry pollination
- Pacific Northwest Extension - Evaluating honey bee colonies for pollination: A guide for commercial growers and beekeepers
The most important thing is that there is good, clear communication between growers and beekeepers.
Photo by Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University.