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New Diet Boosts Honey Bee Health, Aims for 2026 Launch

8/23/2025

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Researchers at Washington State University and APIX Biosciences created a new artificial diet for honey bees to fill nutritional gaps.
The diet includes isofucosterol, which improved survival and growth in stressed bee colonies during trials.
This development seeks to boost bee health and food security, with U.S. availability anticipated by mid-2026.

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Story summary

Researchers at Washington State University and APIX Biosciences created a new artificial diet for honey bees to fill nutritional gaps.
The diet includes isofucosterol, which improved survival and growth in stressed bee colonies during trials.
This development seeks to boost bee health and food security, with U.S. availability anticipated by mid-2026.