Propolis Boosts Bees’ Immune Response

International Pollinator Conference Highlights Importance of Bees 
U.S. continues efforts to protect declining pollinator populations  
By Daniel Gorelick, U.S. Department of State, 11/7/2008
http://tinyurl.com/5p2lc2 

…Spivack’s preliminary studies suggest that treating laboratory bees
with propolis reduces the number of bacteria and helps their immune
responses. She is now repeating these studies in the field using more
bees, hoping that propolis may be a useful tool in the fight to save the
bees. 

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