Hi Jerry and All

How about 'reproducting swarming' and absconding as the alternatives.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone is thinking about the possibilities of Nosema inducing hormone changes and thereby bringing about absconding.  There have been ideas floating about for some time that microsporidians such as Nosema may somehow cause the boosting of juvenile hormone in parasitised insects.  Might that - or something similar - disrupt colony function and cause them to leave for pastures and cells new?

all the best

Gavin 

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