Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. Unlike commercial substitutes that lack key nutrients, this supplement mimics natural pollen’s sterol profile, giving bees the equivalent of a balanced diet.
  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Nope, they’re just reacting to old news

    And I also never heard that it was bracism all along. I always wondered why that faded from public consciousness

    Which is scariest? Particularly brutal hornets or swarms of aggressive bees? One bad sting or uncountable stings?

    • fossilesque@mander.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      No, no there was a lot of clickbait about this event in the media he’s referring to:

      It was also found in the Pacific Northwest of North America in late 2019,[6][7] with a few more additional sightings in 2020,[8][9] and nests found in 2021,[10][11] prompting concern that it could become an invasive species,[12][Ala 1] but in December 2024, the species was announced to have been eradicated completely from the United States.[13]