--- description: Find out why Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease is one of the best inventions of 2023 title: Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f4f7dbc66b28bdd/698a418f0116820f259838e8/best-inventions-2023-american-foulbrood-vaccine.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 24, 2023 # A Vaccine With No Sting Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease by [Aryn Baker](/author/aryn-baker/) ## Aryn Baker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  A queen bee's cage is covered with nurse bees during the production of honey in Pasadena, Calif, on May 31, 2023. A queen bee's cage is covered with nurse bees during the production of honey in Pasadena, Calif, on May 31, 2023.Frederic J. Brown—AFP/Getty Images American foulbrood disease can reduce thousands of buzzing bees to a [rancid brown goo within weeks](https://extension.psu.edu/honey-bee-diseases-american-foulbrood "undefined"). The disease has no cure, and in some areas, it can infect one in four hives, threatening the work of America’s managed beehives, which are responsible for pollinating nearly a third of fruits and vegetables. Hope is on the horizon. On [Jan. 4, 2023](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230104005262/en/First-in-Class-Honeybee-Vaccine-Receives-Conditional-License-from-the-USDA-Center-for-Veterinary-Biologics "undefined"), the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted a conditional license for [Dalan Animal Health’s](https://www.dalan.com/ "undefined") new honey bee foulbrood vaccine, in the first immunization for insect-kind. The vaccine is ingested by the queen bee and goes straight to her ovaries. When she lays her eggs, each one is primed to mount an immune response, no needle pricks required. Dalan Animal Health Honey Bee Vaccine for American Foulbrood Disease: The 200 Best Inventions of 2023 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324556/dalan-honey-bee-american-foulbrood-vaccine/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324556/dalan-honey-bee-american-foulbrood-vaccine/"},"headline":"A Vaccine With No Sting","datePublished":"2023-10-24T11:00:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:22:58.995Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324556/dalan-honey-bee-american-foulbrood-vaccine/","keywords":["list","franchise","ecommerce","Magazine","best inventions","Best Inventions 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f4f7dbc66b28bdd/698a418f0116820f259838e8/best-inventions-2023-american-foulbrood-vaccine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aryn Baker","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aryn-baker/"}],"creator":"Aryn Baker","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f4f7dbc66b28bdd/698a418f0116820f259838e8/best-inventions-2023-american-foulbrood-vaccine.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2023/6324556/dalan-honey-bee-american-foulbrood-vaccine/","name":"A Vaccine With No Sting"}}]}] ```