In a message dated 16/01/2008 01:20:39 GMT Standard Time,  
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Can  larvae be infected with nosema?



The normal progress of work for a bees is first cell cleaning where she  will 
use her tongue to clean up the bees you squashed or faeces, thus becoming  
contaminated with nosema spores if they are present. That's how she gets  
infected.  Next she feeds the babies. Although the spores germinating in  her own 
gut probably won't affect the food she produces for the larvae, any  spores 
adhering to her mouth parts have a good chance of transferring to the  larvae; 
however, it is not thought to affect larval stages, being a disease of  adults.
 
Chris



   

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