New vaccine could save bees from colony collapse disorder

[bik0]

An Israeli company has developed a revolutionary new drug that could solve the problem of Colony Collapse Disorder, the disturbing syndrome that has been wiping out bee communities and threatening agricultural production all over the world.

The drug, Remembee, which was developed by Beeologics, has completed successful clinical trials on millions of bees in North America. Not only has it proved effective in maintaining bee health, but it also improved the longevity of bees and increased the honey in the hives.

Based on Nobel prize-winning RNAI technology, Remembee helps the bees overcome IAVP virus, also discovered in Israel, which has been associated with colony collapse in scientific literature.

"It's really a tug of war between the virus and the host. We are helping the bee tug the rope more strongly and beat the virus. We take advantage of an immune system that the bees elicit for viral disease. But we are really using naturally occurring phenomenon. It's not a pesticide and it's not toxic," says Nitzan Paldi, CTO of Beeologics.

The US Department of Agriculture has been accompanying Beeologics with its FDA certification process due to the urgency of the need for the drug.


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http://www.israel21c.org/technology/bee-colony-vaccine

[Orrex]

1. No doubt Jenny McCarthy will start campaigning on behalf of autistic honeybees

Damn vaccines!

[marylanddem]

2. How does one vaccinate a bee?

[MadHound]

3. So how is this vaccine delivered?

Little tiny needles to inject the bees?:rofl:

[bik0]

4. They "feed" the bees the vaccine - watch the video

[WhiteTara]

5. using a clean one for each bee

:rofl:

[Confusious]

7. Get the bee doctor!

[lame54]

12. it takes a lot of lolly-pops

[SidDithers]

6. Great. Now bees will get teh autism...nt

Sid

[WeDidIt]

8. I believe IAVP is only part of the picture for CCD

but a strong part.

I think that there are several components to the syndrome, any one, two, maybe three of which are survivable but the stresses of multiple issues results in collapse of the colony.

Nosema, IAVP, Varroa mites, tracheal mites, small hive beetles, wax moths, pesticides, herbicides, etc. all contribute to a series of colony stresses which, when combined, result in the syndrome known as Colony Collapse Disorder.

Start taking the stresses out of the system and the colony thrives.

This is just one more weapon in the beekeeper's aresenal. It will not be the end all be all of ending CCD. That will only come with good management and using all of the weapons in the arsenal properly.

[happy_liberal]

9. A vaccine?! Stop feeding them high fructose corn syrup!!

Heat Forms Potentially Harmful Substance In High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Bee Study Finds
http://alaskafreepress.com/news/3528

...and then someone needs to look into whether this is healthy for people to eat?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

10. OK, but what will we do about honey?

Because it's just as high in fructose as HFCS.

[maxsolomon]

11. "Beelogics"? "Remembee"?

hard to believe that's not a joke.

[HopeHoops]

13. How the hell do you get a bee to sit still for what has to be a REALLY tiny needle?

Actually, it is probably administered in powdered or spray form and absorbed through their "skin".

[Orrex]

14. Does anyone else remember when the honeybee die-off was caused by cellphones?

:rofl: