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Re: Nosema ceranae causes no direct mortality in some bees
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Juanse Barros <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:49:01 -0300
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On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 11:43 AM, James Fischer
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> I'd say that the smart money will invest in "polar tube" work, as there has
> been variation found between polar tube proteins in different N. ceranae
> samples, and Nosema infects a cell by extruding its polar tube(s) into host
> cells through the cell's spore wall.


Also keeping Fat bees should build a thicker peritrophic membrane where the
polar tube should be inefective in reaching the bee cells.

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