Antibiotics weakening bees defences? Who'da thought?

the mysterious drop in honey bee populations in the United States."
http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/2012/11/02/antibiotics-might-contribute-t\
o-bee-die-off/
And from up north,
Buzz about native bees' potential for honey and crops
"The little Kimberley bee, long overlooked as a crop pollinator in favour of thedominating European honeybee, could be about to get its day in the sun.
There are few bushtucker foods as nice as sugarbag, the name given to honey
produced by native bees in hollow logs."
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/12/10/3651453.htm
Shame we can't get them down here in "sunny" Melbourne, although I do see a lot
of other native bees buzzing around.
Cheers,
Woz