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From listening to talks by Paul Stamets, it sounds like there might be a correlation between colony collapse disorder and lack of fungi / destruction of the old

From listening to talks by Paul Stamets, it sounds like there might be a correlation between colony collapse disorder and lack of fungi / destruction of the old growth forest in a given area, a place where sensitive fungi can grow and thrive. Bees feed on mycellium/fungi, the fungi suppresses other bacteria, at least as far as I understand it. I wonder how much that's been tested by actual beekeepers.

ghostoftiber 7y ago
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- filoeleven 7y ago
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 From the abstract: “Extracts from amadou (Fomes) and reishi (Ganoderma) fungi reduced the levels of honey bee deformed wing virus (DWV) and Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in a dose-dependent manner. In field trials, colonies fed Ganoderma resinaceum extract exhibited a 79-fold reduction in DWV and a 45,000-fold reduction in LSV compared to control colonies.” Stamets has tons of talks on YouTube, a lot of them have the same content in them and anything after 2016 might have the bee story in it. Looks like he plans to start selling these feeders this year, which is good news! https://fungi.com/pages/bees https://fungi.com/pages/bees
filoeleven 7y ago
Stamets has been doing tests with beekeepers, having them give some of their hives sugar water with 1% (maybe lower) mycelium extract, which he says contains antiviral and antimicrobial properties. I think he’s testing extracts from a number of species too. Anyway, he says the results are great—IIRC none of the hives given extract collapsed. That said, I haven’t heard anything about him bringing this to market, which is frustrating. I’d rather rely on strengthening an eons-old symbiosis than a newly-engineered bacteria. EDIT: see my other comment, this should be selling later this year,

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From listening to talks by Paul Stamets, it sounds like there might be a correlation between colony collapse disorder and lack of fungi / destruction of the old

by Covzire 7y ago

ghostoftiber 7y ago
Post a link?
- filoeleven 7y ago
  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32194-8 From the abstract: “Extracts from amadou (Fomes) and reishi (Ganoderma) fungi reduced the levels of honey bee deformed wing virus (DWV) and Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in a dose-dependent manner. In field trials, colonies fed Ganoderma resinaceum extract exhibited a 79-fold reduction in DWV and a 45,000-fold reduction in LSV compared to control colonies.” Stamets has tons of talks on YouTube, a lot of them have the same content in them and anything after 2016 might have the bee story in it. Looks like he plans to start selling these feeders this year, which is good news! https://fungi.com/pages/bees https://fungi.com/pages/bees
filoeleven 7y ago
Stamets has been doing tests with beekeepers, having them give some of their hives sugar water with 1% (maybe lower) mycelium extract, which he says contains antiviral and antimicrobial properties. I think he’s testing extracts from a number of species too. Anyway, he says the results are great—IIRC none of the hives given extract collapsed. That said, I haven’t heard anything about him bringing this to market, which is frustrating. I’d rather rely on strengthening an eons-old symbiosis than a newly-engineered bacteria. EDIT: see my other comment, this should be selling later this year,