Lactobacillus johnsonii LJ09 and Increased Egg-Laying

• Lactobacillus johnsonii CRL1647, isolated from Apis mellifera L. bee-gut, exhibited a beneficial effect on honeybee colonies.

  • 2011-03-01
  • Beneficial Microbes 2(1)
  • • M. Audisio
    • M. R. Benítez-Ahrendts

  • PubMed: 21831787
  • DOI: 10.3920/BM2010.0024

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Egg-Laying

  • Low evidence

  The in vivo results of this study are promising and indicate that a L. johnsonii CRL1647 supplement to beehives favours mainly open and operculated brood areas, demonstrating a stronger stimulation of egg-laying.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes