Before there was penicillin to prevent infection or formaldehyde to preserve bodies, there was honey, thanks to the bees
Historian Amanda Foreman searches the past for the origins of today’s world. Read previous columnsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture made medical history last month when it approved the first vaccine for honey bees.
Hives will be inoculated against American Foulbrood, a highly contagious bacterial disease that kills bee larvae. Our buzzy friends need all the help they can get. In 2021, a national survey of U.S. beekeepers reported that 45.5% of managed colonies died during the preceding year. Since more than one-third of the foods we eat depend on insect pollinators, a bee-less world would drastically alter everyday life.
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