BEYOND THE HIVE


Patented plants provide plant breeders with income. If there were no financial incentive to breed new plants, we wouldn’t have the large selection we enjoy today, including many of our favorite food crops.


One of the current programs within the BudBurst


framework is focused on nativars. Begun in the spring of 2018, this citizen science project is designed to answer the question of how well nativars support pollinators compared to wild-type native plants.3


How BudBurst Collects Data Participants are asked to grow wild species and their corresponding nativars close together and observe pollinator           and records the number and type of visitors. They then upload their data to the BudBurst portal, where it becomes part of the permanent record to be analyzed by scientists. The species used are perennials that grow pretty much anywhere in the United States, and participants can select ones that closely match their growing conditions. If you are not a gardener but live close to one of the partner botanic


A NOTE ABOUT EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS


Exclusive rights means just that. The owner of the patent is the only person who can propagate the plant or give permission to propagate the plant. Technically, when you buy a protected plant, you may not give cuttings to your daughter or your next-door neighbor because it means you have violated the prohibition against unauthorized propagation. From a practical perspective, propagation


just happens. Seeds disperse themselves or your strawberry plants send out daughter plants on the end of long stolons—no pun intended. If one of these makes it into your neighbor’s backyard, most likely no plant police will bang on your door. But selling crosses the line. You must never sell offspring or cuttings from any patented plant, even if the money goes to good causes like pollinator protection. Just remember, selling protected plants can land you in big trouble.


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