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Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold

https://lemmy.zip/post/61520306

Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold - Lemmy.zip

Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists engineered a yeast to produce the nutrient feed. Farmers could have it in two years.

Show threadWashedupcynic3d ago
The solution is so simple. Crop/pollen diversity. Instead of letting fields lay fallow for crop rotation, they could plant diverse wildflower meadows to improve quality of bee health for the traveling bees that get shipped around for crop rotation. Or the bee keepers themselves that sell the services of their bees, could ensure diverse flower and pollen options when their bees aren’t traveling.
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Note for those passing through and not reading articles:

This is not a summary of the article, but OP’s suggestion for a solution. The article talks about creating a yeast product that’s lacking in bees’ diet due to climate change and a lack of diversity in flowers.

OP suggests combatting the effects climate change has on biodiversity by planting your own diverse flowers. Which may work, or climate change may just kill those too.

Mar 27 at 8:32pmWeb
Show threadPancakesCantKillMe3d ago
I re call watching Clarkson’s Farm and he was paid to grow wildflowers in one of the fields for these very reasons.
Show threadAnivia2d ago
Yeah, the government subsidy for that was so high that it was more profitable than growing grain on the field (which is admittedly not hard, since he made a loss on his grain fields)