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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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[–] 70 points 5 months ago (1 child)

In a couple years we'll be saying honey "doesn't taste like it used to"

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago

    Where I live, honey is labeled with the types of flowers that the bees were feeding on. I doubt that "yeast honey" is going to replace the "chestnut honey" any time soon.

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