FIELD-REALISTIC TYLOSIN EXPOSURE IMPACTS HONEY BEE MICROBIOTA AND PATHOGEN SUSCEPTIBILITY, WHICH IS AMELIORATED BY NATIVE GUT PROBIOTICS

Field-Realistic Tylosin Exposure Impacts Honey Bee Microbiota and Pathogen Susceptibility, Which Is Ameliorated by Native Gut Probiotics

ABSTRACT Antibiotics have been applied to honey bee (Apis mellifera) hives for decades to treat Paenibacillus larvae, which causes American foulbrood disease and kills honey bee larvae.One of the few antibiotics approved in apiculture is tylosin tartrate.This study examined how a realistic hive treatment regimen of tylosin affected the gut microbio

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