Efforts to defend the district honeybees in England have every chance to contribute to the study, which reflect their whole genetic composition

Experts have studied the genetic profile of microbes and other organisms that live inside bees, in order to pour fresh light on the emerging diseases that threaten bee colonies.

Scientists are talking, in fact that their results have all chances to assist to defend the district bee population from the results of contagious diseases by a method of improving the prediction of well-being.

Bees play an important role in pollination of crops and wild plants, therefore minimizing the risks for them contains a decisive meaning.

The team, led by the Edinburgh Institute, studied the whole genetic composition of bee colonies from all over England and compared them to recently imported bees.

They found that bees from some hives in Scotland were genetically quite similar to England's native dark honey bee, including in the event that southern European tensions were imported for a large number of years

Scientists from the University of Roslin Institute talk, in fact that this is good news, because the district bees were listed as being in danger of disappearing in England. They hope, in fact, that this has the ability to mean, in fact, that the district bees endure all the hardships than any other in a more cold climate than their relatives from southern Europe.

The team has also studied the genetic composition of microbes and other organisms that live inside bees—the so-called metagenome.

As a result of the studies, organisms that had not previously been encountered in honey bees and that have all chances to cause disease were identified. Hives infected with these organisms still have all chances to be more susceptible to other infections.