Death From Above: Drone Delivers Mercenaries

The kind of mercenaries you need to maintain your Organic Farm certification. Suppose you farm something expensive and exotic, and have an infestation of bugs that likes to eat your inventory. Release the drones!

This patent application talks mainly about targeted delivery of fertilizer and pesticide pellets, but it also mentions “beneficial insects”. The insect angle is more interesting: there is always something that eats whatever is eating your plants. The enemy of my enemy.

Your drone delivers the mercenary army directly to the hotspot. They are dropped out of a cannister, and your bad boys go to work. Presumably, once your army has eaten every last pest, it doesn’t do any damage to your crops.

There’s little not to love about this invention: cost-effective, environmentally-friendly(ish) pesticide, happier farmers, and that’s what it’s all about.

Title: “AERIAL BENEFICIAL INSECT DISTRIBUTION VEHICLE”

US Patent Application Publication No: 20150122950

Filed (USA): March 4, 2013

Published: May 7, 2015