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Allow me to highlight a few sentences from Pete's post that are especially
trenchant to this discussion:
> Floral pollen, corbicular pollen, and bee bread stored over time in comb
> cells differed in the predominant molds present (Mucor sp. in floral pollen,
> penicillia in corbicular pollen and in bee bread stored for 1 week,
> aspergilli and penicillia in bee bread stored for 3 weeks, and aspergilli in
> bee bread stored for 6 weeks).
The chronological progression of species involved in fermentation is of
interest. I'm curious as to which stage of fermented pollen is most
nutritious?
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> > We describe wide-ranging endogenous bacterial taxa that are capable of
> inhibiting an important honey bee pathogen and show considerable variation
> within and across colonies in the distribution of these taxa.
When you look at Evan's data, you see a wide variation in microorganisms
from colony to colony, and yard to yard. This suggests that priming
colonies with probiotics may be beneficial.
Randy Oliver
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