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Subject:	Re: Resistant Stock, Now EFB
From:	Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:04:13 -0400
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On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:33:30 +0000, Gavin Ramsay <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:
> What?!?  Where did that come from?  OK then, I can avow that transgenerational 
inheritance works. 

No, no, we were talking about whether immunity can be conferred by *non-genetic* means 
in invertebrates. Obviously, mammals transfer antibodies etc. to the developing fetus via 
the placenta, but the question is: do social insects have similar mechanisms? Like in the 
jelly or  general food transmission routes?

plb

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