But the good news is that a solution to one of the problems affecting honeybees is making its way to farmers.Thankfully, the vaccine won’t require beekeepers to jab entire colonies of individual insects with the world’s smallest syringe.As The New York Times explains, scientists previously thought it was impossible for insects to obtain immunity to diseases because they don’t produce antibodies like humans and animals.However, after identifying the protein that prompts an immune response in bees, researchers realized they could protect an entire hive through a single queen.“Bees are livestock and should have the same modern tools to care for them and protect them that we have for our chickens, cats, dogs and so on,” she said."