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Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:42:42 -0700
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Re: Propolis and AFB
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--- Scot Mc Pherson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When bees hold honey, they produce more wax. This
> wax being produced by afb honey still has some
> measure of afb embedded in it.
>
Scott,
    Isn't honey held by bees digested before it is
converted to wax by glandular production in the bee?
If so, the digestion process, then conversion of the
carbohydrates in the bee's bloodstream to the complex
carbohydrates of bees wax would eliminate the AFB
spores that were originally imbedded in the
contaminated honey.  Correct me if I am thinking wrong
here.

Mike  Located 1/2 way between Montgomery and Mobile, AL




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