Galway Bay fm newsroom – Seaweed helps bees ward off potentially devastating bugs, according to research by Galway-based company HiveAlive.
HiveAlive helps bees fight disease by supporting their gut health.
According to the Irish Times, the product is made using extracts from Atlantic harvested seaweeds, is now being exported to 30 countries including Iran, the US, Saudi Arabia, Japan and throughout Europe.
HiveAlive is co-located between the business innovation centre at NUI Galway and a field station in Connemara’s Inagh Valley, and employs six people.
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