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

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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.

This is both great and terrible. Great because “yay bees”, terrible because now they have a synthetic stand in for a natural process which will almost certainly be misused

Instead of just PLANTING SOME FUCKING FLOWERS

But what flowers do we let growth that will make money ?

Its simple economics. No matter how beneficial it is to the environment, people, or the economy, its bad for the economy to do anything without a direct profit motive

(god I hope the sarcasm was thick enough)