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Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
(www.sciencedaily.com)
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So they were being starved by the bee farmers. Got it.
you mean bees need more than sugarwater to live? huh. what about high fructose corn syrup thren?
Farmers provide their animals, bees included, with what feed they can buy.
The fact that animal-feed is chemically-deficient isn't the fault of the farmers, it is the fault of shoddy standards in animal-feed being more profitable than quality/integrity's standards,
& nobody legislated proper-nutrition-requirements for things like animal-food, baby-food, etc.
For-profit operations ONLY increase their costs when that increases profits, XOR when they're coerced into producing correct product/service.
Basic narcissism-centered economics, that.
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