Posted on 10/23/2024 4:37:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Scientists in Colombia say they have developed a novel food supplement that protects bees' brains from pesticides, keeping the insects safe from neurological damage caused by agricultural chemicals.
Bees, as pollinators, are considered essential for the preservation of natural ecosystems and food production.
The plant-based supplement developed at Colombia's private Rosario University in Bogota, in partnership with the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Arizona and Colombian Universidad Javeriana, allows bees to cope with neurotoxins commonly used in agriculture and avoid having their motor system and memory harmed by the chemicals.
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LOL...on a bees kick this evening?
Hey, I only go where the universe tells me. And the pollen is biting tonight.
I wonder whether any of the neurotoxic pesticides that bees are exposed to get into the honey sold for human consumption.
You can be sure of it.
I suspect this “supplement” does. If I was a bee, I’d refuse this ja… er, I mean supplement
Just tell me if the honey will taste like bacon or limburger cheese.
It’s the bee’s knees!......
Safe and effective!.......
Honey bees are native to Europe.
If this works, and is affordable and practical with no detectible significant side effects on anything, it is Nobel Prize level significance.
Perhaps this will allow us to use a stronger pesticide on the varroa destructor mite that is causing so many problems with the bee industry!
Another epic Japanese horror film just in time for Halloween(Christmas for Satan).”Return of the Killer Bees” which may be a copyright infringement.
Gee, you would think they would invent something like that for humans who eat the crops as well..... I swear our reptilian ruling class is not above intentionally poisoning us to keep us sick and docile.
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