Overuse of Antibiotics Brings Risks for Bees — and for Us

March 14, 2017 • by Marc Airhart

A new study suggests antibiotics could play a role in colony collapse disorder.


Honey bees on a hive with pink or green dots painted on their backs

Honeybees treated with a common antibiotic (pink dots) were half as likely to survive the week after treatment compared with a group of untreated bees (green dots). Credit: Vivian Abagiu/U. of Texas at Austin.

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