Links to an article and the actual study of how queen bees transfer immunity to their offspring. The article: http://news.discovery.com/animals/insects/queen-bees-vaccinate-all-of-their-babies-150731.htm The study: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005015 The study has some good data about bee eggs, the article is just about what you would expect it to be, an article. Cheers *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html