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Feeding bees with engineered yeast combats colony decline

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Nutritionally complete food for honeybees (Apis mellifera) has been generated by engineering yeast to produce rare but essential sterol molecules found in pollen. Honeybee colonies fed with the yeast-supplemented diet produced offspring for longer periods than did those fed sterol-deficient diets. This approach makes it possible to rear honeybees without pollen. Yeast genetically modified to produce sterol molecules found in pollen provides a nutritionally complete diet for honeybees.

Source: Nature

DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-02600-z

Language: English

Topic: Insect and Pesticide Research

Subfield: Insect Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $12,690

OpenAlex ID: W4413354527

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