# Good news for the honeybees!

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472>\
**Category:** non-D\
**Created:** [January 8, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472 "2023-01-08T17:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mariethm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/mariethm/32/11739_2.png) [@Mariethm](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Mariethm)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472/1 "2023-01-08T17:36:35Z")

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> **[The first-ever vaccine for honeybees has been approved by the USDA | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/07/us/honeybee-vaccine-usda-approval-scn-trnd/index.html)**
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> The United States Department of Agriculture has approved the first-ever vaccine for honeybees to prevent American foulbrood disease, a fatal bacterial disease that can destroy honeybee colonies, officials say.

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**Author:** ![Chris](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/chris/32/382_2.png) [@Chris](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Chris)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472/2 "2023-01-08T20:13:17Z")

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very cool, especially how they get the vaccine into the honeybee eco system. Thankfully not a syringe, that would be an “interesting” job.

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**Author:** ![JessicaD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6f9a4e/32.png) [@JessicaD](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/JessicaD)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472/3 "2023-01-09T02:48:56Z")

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So cool! I’m on track to get my first hive in the spring and officially become a beekeeper (not counting the enormous hive that lived for years in our bedroom wall). There are so many different diseases affecting honeybees now (and so many treatments that beekeepers have to perform to maintain healthy hives) – a vaccine is a step in the right direction.

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**Author:** ![Beacher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a6a055/32.png) [@Beacher](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Beacher)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/good-news-for-the-honeybees/13472/4 "2023-01-09T13:57:21Z")

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> [@Chris](#):
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> Thankfully not a syringe, that would be an “interesting” job.

It would serve them right, though!