World's first honey bee vaccine seeks to save dying pollinators
Story Date: 12/11/2018

 

Source: BLOOMBERG, 12/6/18


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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