A vaccine to protect bees from American foulbrood won't save hives in Australia, but how the inoculation is delivered has researchers and apiarists excited.
American foulbrood targets healthy baby bees, like these, and is spread by adult bees.abc.net.au/news/american-foulbrood-bee-vaccine-promising-australian-beekeepers/101839784The US Department of Agriculture has granted conditional approval for a vaccine to protect honey bees from American foulbrood , but it's how they administer it that has Australian researchers and beekeepers excited.
"It's probably much like the flu for us — it's always there and it's just waiting for the right conditions to appear," Mr Sims said.How do you vaccinate a bee?But unlike humans, bees cannot socially distance and until recently vaccination was not considered a viable option for insect immune systems, according to Emily Remnant from the University of Sydney.
"It's where the offspring receive some kind of immune memory from their mother … in bees, it's via the egg yolk protein vitellogenin, which is one of the most abundant proteins in the honey bee ovary," she said.
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