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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a bee vaccine in an effort to save the honeybee population -- the first vaccine approved for any insect in the U.S.


bees. They may bug you during the summer, but we desperately need these creatures. They are crucial to pollinating crops. How crucial one out of every three bites of food you eat exists because of pollination, that's fresh produce nuts. And yes your cup of coffee. Think about it this way. Honey bees alone pollinate more than 100 types of fruits and vegetables. But a bacterial disease called american foul brood is now destroying bee colony at alarming rates. Annette Kleiser ceo of Dylan animal health says something must be done. It's found in approximately 50% of beehives. That's the estimate around the world so it can lay dormant for many many decades and all of a sudden if there's another stressor, if there's anything else happen, you know, it's like we know that from us we can all of a sudden get sick and that happens also to the bees. Currently there is no cure for this disease. Once foul brute is detected, beekeepers have to destroy the hive or use antibiotics which can have some nasty side effects that comes with many many problems. Antibiotic resistance contamination of honey, it weakens the microbiome of the honeybees. They can get other diseases because their immune system is compromised. But over the last few years Annette and her team have developed a promising vaccine that the U. S. Department of Agriculture just conditionally approved, we take the disease forming bug kill it, activate it, we put it in something that's called queen candy. It's a it's a sugar paste that is given to the queen. So if she's vaccinated, she passes that vaccine onto all the eggs that she lays in the entire colony is then protected. Curly is seeking state by state approval for the vaccine focusing on the large breeding areas like California and states along the gulf coast. And this is not just important for commercial beekeepers. This vaccine could be an absolute game changer for well, all of us, these animals are really critical. They're really important and we all rely on them and we have to take care of them. It's a real existential survival, critical issue for everybody around the world.

Vaccine approved for honeybees, 1st vaccine for insects in US

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A Moore County man is fascinated by bees and frightened about their future. Bees are endangered. So he raises bees on his bee farm and collects "Southern Gold"--honey!

I'M SURE HER STUDENTS LOVE HER. >> WE CANNOT THINK OUR TEACHERS ENOUGH. >>> A BUSY TIME OF YEAR FOR B'S AND TODAY WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN MOORE COUNTY. >> VISITING AND THEY ARE BUSY BOTTLING HONEY. >> IF MAN COULD BE WHAT MAN SHOULD BE, THE WORLD MIGHT BE A LAND OF HONEY. >> THERE IS HARMONY INSIDE HERE. >> WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? >> THEY ARE WORKING. THEY GO OUT AND BRING POLLEN ON THEIR LEGS AND THEY HAVE SIX POCKETS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY STORE ALL THE POLLEN. >> THEY ACTUALLY HAVE POCKETS? >> SIX POCKETS ON THEIR BACK LEGS. >> THIS BE FARM IN MOORE COUNTY. >> DO YOU EVER SIT AND JUST WATCH THEM X >> ALL THE TIME. >> THE DANCING BEES. >> THERE IS A FIELD HERE THAT HAS GOOD NECTAR AND POLLEN AND THEY WILL TURN TO THAT POSITION. >> THEY WIGGLE THEIR REAR AND. >> SMART B'S. >> DWIGHT IS A BEEKEEPER AND LIFE IS SWEET. >> I JUST SIT RIGHT HERE. >> HONEY, SOUTHERN GOLD. AND I THINK I'VE GOT IT DOWN PAT. >> AND SO DO THE BEES. >> THEY ARE SO OBEDIENT AND HARMONY WORKING TOGETHER WITH NO FIGHTING. THEY WORK TOGETHER TO DO ONE THING, PRODUCE HONEY AND THEY DO IT WELL. >> AND SO DOES DWIGHT. >> THE HELP BENEFITS OF HONEY. >> ALLERGIES IS THE NUMBER 1 REASON PEOPLE EAT HONEY. ONE SPOONFUL OF DAYS REALLY GOOD FOR YOU. >> THAT THE BEES ARE IN DANGER. >> THEY ARE AND WE NEED MORE BEEKEEPERS AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY CHEMICALS NOW THAT KILLS THEM. THEY GO FROM PLANT TO PLANT AND IT CAUSES IT TO PRODUCE MORE TORQUE >> IN OTHER WORDS WITHOUT B'S THE FOOD SOURCE -- >> IT WOULD BE GONE IN FOUR YEARS. THEY ONLY HAVE ONE LEADER AND THAT'S THE QUEEN AND WE HAVE ONE LEADER AND THAT'S GOD. IF WE GO BY HIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL, WITH GOT IT MADE. AND IF WE CAN WORK IN HARMONY AS B'S AND PRODUCE GOOD THE WAY THEY PRODUCE HONEY, WE WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SOCIETY. WE COULD JUST LEARN TO GET ALONG WITH ONE ANOTHER WITHOUT STRIFE AND HATRED AND TURNING UP AND DESTROYING, WHAT AWESOME PEOPLE WE WOULD BE.

Moore County man helping to create 'southern gold' 

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