USDA approves world's first vaccine for honeybees

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Dear God. More Fermi Paradox type of behavior from mankind.


The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted a conditional license for a vaccine that helps protect honeybees from a deadly bacterial disease, U.S. biotech firm Dalan Animal Health announced Wednesday.

Why it matters: Dalan has developed the world's first vaccine for honeybees in an effort to stop the spread of American foulbrood disease, caused by Paenibacillus larvae bacterium, which can weaken and destroy hives, per the Guardian.

The U.S. and other countries have seen declines in bee colonies, which play a vital role in agriculture.
Zoom in: "One-third of the global food supply relies on pollination, and healthy commercial hives are essential to secure high crop yields," Dalan noted in a statement.

more at https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/usda-approves-honeybee-vaccine-world-first
 
State laws will prevent its widespread adoption. This "vaccine" does not prevent a colony from contracting AFB, it simply reduces the spread of the disease within the brood chamber (approximately 70% compared to placebo). If a state apiary inspector takes a sample of a brood cell and does a rapid test that pops positive, they will destroy the hive. I've confirmed this with an inspector that is a friend. This is like a COVID "vaccine" that statistically shifts the severity curve in infected populations. It is not an immunization.

Hope the company makes a lot of money though.

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