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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by Joof on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @11:25PM (#12302333)
Ok, so lets make bees more resistant to Neonics.

:P

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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by mintplant on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:07AM (#12302809)
And then force it through the population with a gene drive? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive

I'm sure there won't be any negative consequences ;)

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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by Joof on Friday August 19, 2016 @09:46PM (#12324669)
Impossible! Outside of gene drives (which sound a little dangerous...), I really want to do some simple CRISPR projects (I have a specific idea in mind; although not for hacker news ;). Too bad you need a lab, even if it's probably a good idea to limit hobbyists.
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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by whyenot on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:19AM (#12302480)
the non-native bees shipped around the country (US) and that are the primary pollinators in agriculture appear to already be fairly resistant to neonics.
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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by tptacek on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @12:20AM (#12302485)
Honeybees are themselves non-native! They're an introduced species.
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Re:Pesticide link to long-term wild bee decline in 18 year s... by mvidal01 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:52PM (#12307824)
Which species of bees are you referring to?
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