Source: AGWEB, 1/2/19


Declining bee populations have topped news for several years. While there are many factors that lead to bee death, and questions around what causes colony collapse, scientists have discovered how to build resistance against disease in bee DNA. PrimeBEE fights severe microbial diseases and is the first vaccine for honey bees and other pollinators. It was invented by Dalial Freitak and Heli Salmela at University of Helsinki. It works when the queen bees eat something with the PrimeBEE pathogen which is then carried into the queen’s eggs to induce future immune responses.

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