"Until this study, honey bees were the only livestock that could not be maintained on a man-made feed...newly developed food source resembles human "Power Bars." These are placed directly into honey bee colonies, where young bees process and distribute the essential nutrients to larvae and adult bees...tested thousands of combinations of ingredients on honey bees over more than 10 years to create this feed.
...shows in commercial field conditions that providing nutritionally stressed colonies with our pollen-replacing feed results in a major measurable step change in colony health compared to current best practices...This breakthrough addresses one of the growing challenges faced by honey bees: lack of adequate nutrition in their environment."
"A critical discovery within the research is the role of isofucosterol, a molecule found naturally in pollen that acts as a vital nutrient for honey bees...severe challenge of high annual colony mortality, with recent reports indicating crisis-level losses, underscores the urgency of this innovation"
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