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At Kennebec Valley Community College, 3-D printers are used to make bee "houses" to boost the number of pollinators in the orchard.
A 3-D printer builds a seed roller at KVCC. "The printer is always going" at the college, says Bo Dennis, who manages its organic farm.
Kennebec Valley Community College farm manager Bo Dennis, left, and department chair Ben Crockett demonstrate how a 3-D-printed seed wheel is slotted within a precision seed spreader.
A 3-D printer churns out a seed wheel at KVCC.
Dennis demonstrates how pelletized seeds fall into a 3-D-printed seed wheel as it turns within a precision seed spreader. The school creates different wheels for different plants.