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There are kits that allow amateur experimenters to make
plants glow with green fluorescent protein [link]
I think i read that bees prefer certain colors of flowers,
contrasting colors, and that further, they use UV
markings
on flowers to specifically find them.
If bees were 20% more efficient
at pollinating
commercial
crops it would be beneficial.
There is a near UV/purple fluorescent protein as well as
other colors. Customizing the colors and markings of crop
plants could be a new thing.
There is even the possibility of upping the nutrient
content
of the nectar, which might be good for bees as well.
make magazine GFP plants
https://makezine.co...own-glowing-plants/
[beanangel, May 25 2018]
[link]
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More Frankenstein crops, and now the potential for
a strain of toxic bees to emerge adds to the horror.
Max and his fungal appendage 8th of 7 will love. |
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20% is when the almond growers of California get to save a
noticeable amount of money, about $100k per farm, on
trucked-in bees. |
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// Max and his fungal appendage 8th of 7 will love // |
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You completely misunderprehend the nature of our mutually beneficial relationship, [xen]. |
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And yes, we certainly do like the idea, although it doesn't give enough detail on the sales and marketing of the up-issued bees to impoverished and desperate subsistence farmers in far-away hot countries, yielding a truly awesome ROCE and bringing the Singularly a small but useful step nearer. |
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Monsanto should grow these flowers. |
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They'll attract bees, which can be sprayed with Roundup. |
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Then the toxic, Roundup-mutated Frankenbees can fly away in
search of as-yet-unsubjugated lands. |
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When they get there, they'll seek out the nearest indigenous,
nature-loving farmer, and brutally pollinate all his avocado and
quinoa plants. |
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Now Monsanto just need to send in an army of lawyers and
geneticists with six-figure salaries each. |
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Once they've proved that the plants were pollinated by the patented
bees, Monsanto can sue the farmer into oblivion for all the £2.39
he's worth! |
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How could anyone possibly object to this highly profitable business
model? |
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If there's a way of encoding the writ in the bee's DNA (c'mon, [MB], everyone's waiting) then the world is the bivalve mollusc of your choice. |
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//If there's a way of encoding the writ in the bee's DNA
(c'mon, [MB], everyone's waiting) // |
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Nowadays, it's not especially difficult to put whatever you
want into whatever you want wherever you want. Just send
me the text file, your preferred encryption algorithm, and at
least one bee - a queen would be a wise choice. Oh, and the
money, obviously. I could do it for about £30K, but since it's
you we'll call it a round £100K. |
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Do you take Amex ? Oh silly, of course you do ... |
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// It’s the patterning, not the UV // |
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Does that also work for the (thankfully) exceedingly rare Brian Sewell Pompous Bee ? |
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//Do you take Amex ?// I can do you a 50% discount if the
bee's called Eric. |
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