Bees had dramatically fewer naturally occurring gut microbes after tetracycline treatment, allowing harmful pathogen to gain foothold.

March 16, 2017

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Overuse of antibiotics brings risks for bees
Honeybees treated with a common antibiotic (pink dots) were half as likely to survive the week after treatment compared with a group of untreated bees (green dots).Vivian Abagiu

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