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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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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 87 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

So they solved a problem we create ourselves, by destroying nature, by making a product that now increases the cost of food and makes farmers even more dependent on corporate chemical companies to grow it.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 3 weeks ago

Monsanto and Archer Daniels Midland will be demanding a percentage of the farmer's crop because they saved the bees that pollinated it.

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