Yapapi blog page — olive fruit fly control
🌿 Summer at Yapapi: Olive Fruit Fly, Drought & How to Protect Your Olive Trees Naturally
Dear friends of Yapapi,  We’re now in the heart of summer (August 2025) and the olive trees have begun to show us how the season is going. You may remember that last year, we struggled with extreme heat and very dry soil due to almost no rainfall. This year, our greatest threat is the olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) — a tiny insect with a massive impact. It lays eggs inside the olive, triggering oxidation and deteriorating the oil’s quality day by day.  What Does the Olive Fruit Fly Do? The fruit fly bites into the olive to...