The secret to eternal youth could lie in… the queen bee’s gut?

An ambitious scientific project in the United Kingdom seeks to unravel how queen bees live longer than workers and what clues they might give us about human health. The initiative explores the longevity of queen bees in the hopes of discovering revolutionary therapies that extend human lifespan and fertility. In the world of bees, there is one undisputed queen—literally. While workers work tirelessly and die after just a few months, the queen ca…