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Invasion of the ‘Frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee

34 mins | Oct 29, 2018
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Should bees be left to evolve on their own? After millions of honeybees died in Germany from mass poisoning, hundreds of studies were conducted to improve the health of colonies by introducing hardy newcomers. However, Bernhard Warner warns about the dangers of creating genetically modified bees.

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