Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold

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Aug 23, 2025, 5:53 am127 ptsTrending
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…

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