Thought I would like to add a page to show a few YouTube Videos and INFO on pollinating methods for fruit trees etc 

These inspired me to add this page. There is quite a bit of interest in hand pollination in recent times.

Some comments from YouTube are included on this page.

Pollinating Fruit Crops

Michele R. Warmund
Department of Horticulture

Most fruit crops require pollination to ensure that fruit sets. Pollination is the transfer of grains of pollen from the anthers (male floral part) to the stigma (female floral part) of a flower (Figure 1). Pollen grains get caught on the sticky surface of the stigma, germinate and produce a tube that grows down the style and unites with the female cell in the ovary. This union is called fertilization. After fertilization occurs, seeds develop and the fruit enlarges.

Honeybees are the most important natural carriers of pollen. As the bee flies from flowers on one tree to those on another in the orchard, pollen sticks to its body hairs. The bee rubs off the pollen onto the stigma and transfers additional pollen from the anthers as it visits the flowers. A honey bee may visit 5,000 flowers a day. Home plantings of fruit crops generally have enough wild bees for adequate pollination. However, in commercial orchards,

beehives are generally placed in the orchard when the trees are in bloom to enhance pollination and fruit set. In some fruit crops,

pollen is also transferred by the wind.

Find more Info

http://extension.missouri.edu/p/g6001

Fruit Tree Pollination

For fruit to be produced, the flowers need to be pollinated. This means pollen from one tree is moved to the flower of another tree. Thanks to plant breeding, there are some fruit trees that are self-fertile, however the majority will need a pollination partner for fruit production. Many varieties are not compatible pollinators simply because their flowers open at different times; therefore, they have been grouped according to when they flower to help gardeners with the pollination process. The rule of pollination is often very simple; trees can only be pollinated by those in adjacent pollination groups (see diagram).

Usually fruit trees only need one pollination partner, however, there are certain types, for example apples, which are known as triploids (these are highlighted in yellow in the below list). Triploids need two pollination partners to produce fruit.

Fruit trees are pollinated by insects, so even if it is not possible to grow more than one tree in your garden, there is still a chance that it will be pollinated by others growing in its vicinity. However, if you do have space to grow several trees, the list below will help you decide which to grow. Find the fruit tree that you want or already have in the list, see which group it is in then find a compatible fruit tree.

FOR REALLY GOOD VISUAL CHARTS AND GROUPS OF FRUIT TREES

http://www.leadthegoodlife.com/fruit-tree-pollination