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Maggot Protein May Be the Next Sustainable Superfood

Fly larvae are turning rotting food waste into high-protein nutrition for pets, livestock, maybe humans

(Newser) - Maggots may not be winning any popularity contests, but they're quietly becoming a contender to become the world's next big protein source—first for pets and livestock, and eventually, perhaps, for humans. In Kenya, InsectiPro is raising black soldier fly larvae by the tens of millions on piles...

Scientists Create 'Superfood' to Boost Honeybee Survival Rates
Scientists Have a New Plan
to Save the Honeybees
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Scientists Have a New Plan to Save the Honeybees

Lab-made 'superfood' helps colonies produce more surviving young bees

(Newser) - Researchers at the University of Oxford have created a new "superfood" designed to help honeybees survive amid environmental pressures like habitat loss and changing climate. The supplement, developed after 15 years of study, contains the six sterols—special lipids essential to bee development—that bees typically obtain from...

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