Comment on Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 1 day agookay, next question: why aren't they getting those sterols?
follow up: are wild, native bees also affected, or is it just the European honeybees?
Scrawny@reddthat.com 1 day ago
A healthy hive would get proper nutrients. Usually you only need to feed a hive pollen when it is a weaker hive that doesn’t have the population needed to collect pollen. This boosts brood production and the hive can recover faster.
Another issue is commercial beekeeping. Hundreds of hives could be working a few square miles while in nature it would be just a few. Not enough resources for that many hives so weaker hives struggle. This is a human solution for a human problem.