Our product seeks to be the first additive or food supplement for honey bees with preventive properties against American foulbrood. This protein additive is capable of preventing the appearance and propagation of the bacterium P. larvae, which causes Loque Americana disease, by disabling the germination and development of the pathogen.

Our product is being designed so that the beekeeper can use it without specialized supervision and that it does not contaminate the honey, as is the case with the use of antibiotics in the USA and Canada, which require to be prescribed and administered only by a Veterinarian Doctor, coupled with the aforementioned, its high residual nature, reason for which the commercialization of the products within the country is prohibited, as well as the exportation. This generates a problem in itself, since there is no product to administer in a preventive way that does not leave chemical residues and interfere with the organic quality of honey. For this reason, the use of antibiotics in Chile is prohibited, as well as in all the world’s honey producers, with the exception of the United States and Canada.

On the other hand, our protein additive, being produced by environmental microorganisms, does not harm the bee or its beneficial microbiota and avoids being considered as residues according to the regulations of several countries due to its protein-based consistency.

• Organic preventive treatment without chemical residuals.
• Eliminates both the active form and the American foulbrood spore.
• Designed to be easy to use and apply in the hive.
• Designed to be easy to use and apply in the hive.

The target market for this product is the beekeeping industry. In Chile this industry shows an annual growth of 6.2%, with US$ 25 M in honey exports. On the other hand, in the United States, the value of the beekeeping industry is over US$ 336 M, without considering the impact it has on other industries, such as the agricultural industry, whose crops depend on and require the exclusive pollination of bees. These industries generate revenues of over US$ 22 billion, as observed by the USDA during 2018.

In Chile, the presence of American foulbrood is quite controlled by SAG despite the non-existence of a product capable of preventing the development of the disease, thanks to the measure of early detection, incineration of all working material and entering a quarantine period. But in other countries like the U.S.A., this disease affects an average of 4.5% of the hives annually, generating estimated losses of over US$ 1 billion, combining the beekeeping, agricultural and pharmaceutical industries. This is why we, as a company, seek to generate a product which is capable of preventing the appearance and propagation of this disease and, thus, avoid the great economic losses attributed to American foulbrood, both to the small beekeeper and to the large agro-producer.