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Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists engineered a yeast to produce the nutrient feed. Farmers could have it in two years.

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[–] 29 points 5 months ago (1 child)

I re call watching Clarkson's Farm and he was paid to grow wildflowers in one of the fields for these very reasons.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Yeah, the government subsidy for that was so high that it was more profitable than growing grain on the field (which is admittedly not hard, since he made a loss on his grain fields)

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