New Leader in the Clubhouse for World's Worst Occupation-Bee Vaccinator

[Maggie Glover]

The good news is that scientists are hard at work trying to save our polinators. The bad news for someone is that the newest solution is a vaccine. If you thought a 3 yr old hated shots, imagine a bee. MG

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/...e-13446663.php

World's first honey bee vaccine seeks to save dying pollinators
Kati Pohjanpalo, Bloomberg Published 3:22 am PST, Thursday, December 6, 2018

A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with potentially disastrous consequences for agriculture and natural diversity.

Now, scientists at the University of Helsinki have developed the first edible vaccine against microbial infections, hoping to save at least some of the pollinators.

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"We might be right now at a tipping point, without even realizing it," Dalial Freitak, the lead scientist on the project, said in an interview on Wednesday. "We've been taking the pollination services for granted for so long. These insects are not there, they are disappearing."

The first vaccine inoculates bees against American foulbrood, a globally spread disease that can kill entire colonies and whose spores can remain viable for more than 50 years. The technology may in future be used to combat fungal diseases and other bacterial infections.

[Islandguy85]

Thats why they made it edible


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