Food supplements could help bees cope with climate crisis, research suggests

Insects in study fared better in cold when given a probiotic and prebiotic mix alongside their usual sugar diet Food supplements for honeybees could help the insects better withstand temperature stresses linked to a changing climate, early research suggests. Scientists found that worker bees fed a mixture of probiotics and inulin, a plant-derived prebiotic, survived prolonged cold exposure better than bees given an ordinary sugar diet. Continue reading...

By Vandy Widyalankara