Recently I (Rob), took an undergraduate class in microbiology as a prerequisite for a graduate program that I’m matriculating to in the summer. For a final project in the class, I wrote a paper on bacteria that were isolated from one of our beehives. One of the interesting things about living organisms is that they all have a microbiome, which includes commensal mutualistic and parasitic bacteria. For those that are interested, this paper somewhat discusses that relationship and it’s potential implications for honey bee health: