A new synthetic food allows to breed bees without pollen

Scientists have revealed a new food source designed to sustain colonies of honeybees indefinitely without natural pollen. Published in the journal Processings of the Royal Society B, research by Washington State University and the Belgian company APIX Biosciences NV details successful trials in which colonies with nutritional stress, used for pollination of cash crops in Washington state, thrived thanks to this new food source. This innovation, …