I know we all love bees and everything, but they likely have little choice.
Neonics are damaging but the damage done by pests in their absence is bigger. Beekeeping isn’t a major part of the economy.
Obviously, it would be better to protect crops with something else. Genes offer a great alternative but France is unlikely to agree to anything as innovative as Gene Editing anytime soon. So neonics it is…
Mark my word, a couple decades from now when the bees are dead and ecosystems are dying, we’ll have bio startups making mutant superbees and tech startups making pollinating microdrone swarms.
I know we all love bees and everything, but they likely have little choice.
Neonics are damaging but the damage done by pests in their absence is bigger. Beekeeping isn’t a major part of the economy.
Obviously, it would be better to protect crops with something else. Genes offer a great alternative but France is unlikely to agree to anything as innovative as Gene Editing anytime soon. So neonics it is…
You know what would be damaging to the economy? Losing our pollenators.
Mark my word, a couple decades from now when the bees are dead and ecosystems are dying, we’ll have bio startups making mutant superbees and tech startups making pollinating microdrone swarms.