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A method and system for the treatment of honey bees (Apis mellifera ), bats, and butterflies protects them from various life threatening conditions, including Colony Collapse Disorder, white nose syndrome, etc. and in particular, provides honey bees, bats and butterflies with the ability to assimilate and degrade neonicotinoids.  

The present invention is directed to a system and method used for the biological control of the welfare of bees, and for prophylaxis and treatment of pathological disorders of bees caused by insecticides, and especially neonicotinoids.   

Certain aspects of the present invention are directed to employing genes from the microbe ochrobactrum intermedium such that bats are able to assimilate and degrade neonicotinoids.  

In about 2006-2007, the discovery of the devastating effects of Colony Collapse Disorder on US honey bee populations was first noticed. Overwhelming evidence now suggests that numerous wild and managed bee populations are in decline. This has led to concerns over human food security. The corpses of hibernating bats were first found blanketing caves in the northeastern United States in 2006. There is a desperate need for an effective treatment to advert the destruction of monarch butterflies that has been observed over the last decade. The ramifications of the elimination of the monarch butterfly will have tremendous and as yet unforeseen negative effects on the environment.

What is claimed is: 1. A method for providing a pollinator with the ability to assimilate neonicotinoid pesticides, comprising, providing to a pollinator a modified bacteria of a species normally found in the gut microbiome of the pollinator, said modified bacteria being adapted to degrade a neonicotinoid pesticide, wherein the modified bacteria have genes involved in the degradation of neonicotinoid pesticides.

Patent Application Publication
Pub. No.: US 2017 /0151293 Al
Pub. Date: Jun. 1, 2017

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