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

dumnezero@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Beekeepers provide colonies with pollen substitutes, but these feeds do not sustain brood production because they lack essential sterols found in pollen.

So they were being starved by the bee farmers. Got it.

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