In Europe the microbe, being a GMO, would likely be very tightly regulated. After Brexit ... who knows?

I think the limited studies done on the commensals in the honeybee gut shows that some are universal, whereas others are more restricted in distribution. The latter suggests that there might be some limitation to transmission, despite the way bees feed each other. Interesting.

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