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United Nations Environment Programme Releases Report on Global Colony Collapse Disorder
The UN has released a report on the global crisis affecting honeybees, Colony Collapse Disorder, and threats to other natual insect pollinators.
The report raises concerns that "a sixth major extinction of biological diversity event is underway...The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that out of some 100 crop species which provide 90% of food worldwide, 71 of these are bee-pollinated...."
The U.N. report details the declines in honeybee populations around the world linked to CCD, and provides information regaring presumed causes of pollinator decline.
Manuka Honey Can Reverse Antibiotic Resistence
According to this article from Medicalxpress.com, a professor at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff in the United Kingdom is researching manuka honey's interactions with three types of bacteria that commonly infest wounds: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Group A Streptococci and Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Her group has found that honey can interfere with the growth of these bacteria in a variety of ways and suggests that honey is effective for treating of drug-resistant wound infections.