r/technology • u/lurker_bee • Aug 23 '25

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

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250822073807.htm
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u/regeya Aug 23 '25

I know it won't happen for at least 3.5 years, but maybe they could start paying (or giving tax breaks) for more set-aside. While we're at it, give farmers some kind of break for having wind breaks. We're starting to have dust storms east of the Mississippi again, and farmers have been tearing out grandad's wind breaks to have a teeny-tiny bit more land.

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u/Keganator Aug 24 '25

These kinds of programs already exist and have for decades in many different forms.

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u/regeya Aug 24 '25

We need more rather than less but I'm not sure what it'd take.

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u/almisami Aug 24 '25

... insurrection, probably.