Nowadays, cities are killing bees
While urbanization is unstoppable
So can we help bees pollinate plants in cities?
Pollinating unconsciously!
HUMAN-BEEING are committed to finding a way to translate daily human activities into efficient pollination in a cool form.
700,000,000
Think about, what a thriving urban ecosystem it would be if we had 7 billion ‘human bees’!
BUT...
Humans have no pollination capacity, although we keep in contact with flowers, we lose the opportunity to pollinate them.
SO, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY...
Let people have the same pollination function as bees and join the urban pollination ecology.
HOW BEES POLINATING
The proper fabric plus the proper product can make human pollinators too, just like bees!
Static Electricity
Electrostatic forces have been invoked to facilitate the process of pollen collection by attracting charged pollen grains towards the bee.
Scopae - branched & high density
Branched hair on bees makes it possible to collect pollen as they fly from flower to flower. As a bee lands on a flower, these branched hairs will pick up any pollen they come in contact with. While bees have other methods of collecting pollen, branched hairs are one of the main ways to do so.
MATERIAL BIONIC
PROTOTYPE AND TEST
Cut the pollinatinf materials, stuck it on shoes and trousers.
The tester moves naturally around the flowers for a period of time wearing clothing with pollinating material.
RESULT
After the test...
Remove the material sample and observe.
Some of the material was found to be contaminated with pollen and they were mainly concentrated on shoes and trouser legs.
The test material successfully caught the pollen, but how can we efficiently spread the pollen then?