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Bees seeking bacteria: How bees find their microbiome

  • Written by Lila Westreich, PhD Candidate, School of Environment and Forest Sciences, University of Washington
Bees seeking bacteria: How bees find their microbiomeBumble bee collecting pollen from a flower.dmitry grigoriev/unsplash.com

In late summer last year my doctor prescribed a monthlong course of antibiotics for an infection. Medicines like antibiotics are great at wiping out bacterial infections. The problems is that these drugs don’t differentiate between eliminating the “good”...

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