PhD candidate Scott Oliphant and Professor Vladimir Jiranek’s Wine Microbiology group at the University of Adelaide have discovered the first Australian novel lactic acid bacteria

A common disease of honey bees, caused by the para-site Nosema ceranae, can spread to native stingless bees via flowers. Researchers at James Cook University

Hygienic behaviour is a natural mechanism of colony-level disease resistance to brood pathogens and has been reported in honey bees and stingless bees. Workers displaying

Stingless bee keeping (meliponiculture) is increasing rapidly in Brazil especially using the large native Melipona stingless bee species. Stingless bee products have been used since