🐜 A fascinating discovery from Down Under: Honey from Australian honeypot ants could be key in the development of new antibiotics! Western science is catching up with the medicinal knowledge held by Australia's indigenous peoples for millennia. 🍯🩺
in Stone Age paintings. Ancient civilizations, like the Egyptians, Romans, Chinese, Assyrians, Greeks and Romans, have used honey as a remedy against health ailments for thousands of years. Honey was used to treat wounds and gut diseases. In ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, honey was also used as apeople, ant honey is used to treat sore throats and infections and a way to bond with the community.
The honey’s medicinal value to the region's indigenous people intrigued Andrew Dong, study lead author and food scientist at the University of Sydney, so he decided to study the insects for any antimicrobial characteristics.Among the ant colony, a class of workers gorge themselves with nectar and sugary substances that other ants bring. The intake of sweet stuff causes the ants to bloat and have a translucent gusher-like appearance.
For the study, the ants were collected in the Goldfields-Esperance region in western Australia with the help of Ulrich. Researchers waited nearby a mulga tree for a worker ant to walk by and then followed it to the nest. Ants were humanely euthanized and then harvested for their honey.
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