“Probiotics aren’t just for humans,” said Gregor Reid, Ph.D., Professor at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Endowed Chair in Human Microbiome and Probiotics at Lawson. “Our idea was that if you could use beneficial microbes to stimulate the immune response or attack the pathogens that are infecting the hives, then maybe we can help save the bees.”
Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-10-probiotics-honey-bees-fatal-disease.amp
Source Western University video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9_EV3H36lA
