Saturday, March 24, 2012

Healthy lactic acid bacteria in wild honey bees can fight bacterial infections

In continuation of my update on the usefulness of honey...

Healthy lactic acid bacteria in wild honey bees can fight bacterial infections: The stomachs of wild honey bees are full of healthy lactic acid bacteria that can fight bacterial infections in both bees and humans. A collaboration between researchers at three universities in Sweden ¬- Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Karolinska Institutet - has produced findings that could be a step towards solving the problems of both bee deaths and antibiotic resistance...

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