Scientists at Cardiff University brew beer using killer bees

From FoodBev & Phoebe Fraser:

Microbiologists from Cardiff University in Wales, UK, are brewing a new beer using extracts found in killer bees from Namibia.

The scientists have used brewer’s yeast that resides in the gut microbiome of killer honeybees and applied it to develop a unique craft beer.

The Cardiff microbiologists visited Namibia as part of a project that unites Cardiff University and the University of Namibia for sustainable environmental development. This is where the scientists became interested in the Africanised honeybee – also known as the killer bee.

Les Baillie, professor of microbiology at Cardiff University’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, said: “Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as brewer’s yeast, is found in the gut microbiome of honeybees. When working on a project in Namibia, we isolated the brewer’s yeast from killer bees that died naturally. When we got back to Cardiff, we used the isolated killer bee brewer’s yeast, along with yeast from Welsh honeybees, to make several batches of beer.”…..

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