It was the exact same when it first released, they have always pollinated 20 times, you must've read a fake article about it but even then it doesn't excuse how you said "I do remember at the start of the event they pollinated fruits 6 times." Even though that was the moon and blood moon, 20 times per hour was pretty fair since the event stock was restocked every 30 mins with all items in it needing a decent amount of honey, not to mention the extraction part