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.

  • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
    14·
    5 hours ago

    I really wouldn’t call nature “hardy” when and entire ecosystem can collapse when you can take one single species out of it

    Let’s remember that nature is what produced pandas

    • nforminvasion@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Nature is extremely resilient and adaptable. Life has survived entire mass extinctions and come back flourishing

      • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        3 hours ago

        Sure, nature writ large is resilient and adaptable.

        Individual species die off all the time. Sometimes for stupid reasons.