Bee Colonies Grew 15-Fold on Diet Supplemented Diet with Missing Nutrients
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Researchers developed a yeast-based supplement that boosted bee colony reproduction 15-fold, potentially helping reverse honeybee population decline.
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Can this synthetic sterol-enriched diet be successfully scaled and adopted in real-world beekeeping to not only improve colony survival but also reduce competition with wild pollinators and strengthen global food security?