Scientists have developed a breakthrough “superfood” for honeybees by engineering yeast to produce the essential nutrients normally found in pollen. In controlled trials, colonies fed this specially designed diet produced up to 15 times more young, showing a dramatic boost in reproduction and overall health. As climate change and modern agriculture reduce the availability of natural pollen, this innovation could offer a practical way to support struggling bee populations.

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

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    323·
    6 months ago

    Get rid of the large swaths of green fucking grass, which completely useless when one cuts it down. Let the Dandy Lions grow like we do in Europe and plant more native flowers too.

    • phx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      6 months ago

      Clover. Clover is great:

      • Lush and green
      • Holds down soil we
      • Soft to walk on
      • Needs less water than grass
      • Needs less mowing
      • Bees love it
      • slaughterhouse@lemmy.zipEnglish
        6·
        6 months ago

        +1 for clover. I “accidentally” spilled some clover seed outside our place (bugger off HOA), and it’s slowly overtaking the grass they planted.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      6 months ago

      Let the Dandy Lions grow like we do in Europe

      No, Dandy Lions crowd out native North American species and result in less diverse ecosystems, which is bad.