Hi..,
Someone a while back was looking for info on honeybee antibacterial
agents.  Below is some references that may be useful.
 
 
Cheers,
Philip Earle
 
 
RX   MEDLINE; 95050655.
RA   Casteels-Josson K., Zhang W., Capaci T., Casteels P., Tempst P.;
RT   "Acute transcriptional response of the honeybee
RT   peptide-antibiotics gene repertoire and required
RT   post-translational conversion of the precursor structures";
RL   J. Biol. Chem. 269:28569-28575(1994).
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RX   MEDLINE; 90126848.
RA   Casteels P., Ampe C., Riviere L., Van Damme J., Elicone C.,
RA   Fleming M., Jacobs F., Tempst P.;
RT   "Isolation and characterization of abaecin, a major antibacterial
RT   response peptide in the honeybee (Apis mellifera)";
RL   Eur. J. Biochem. 187:381-386(1990).
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X   MEDLINE; 93216639.
RA   Casteels P., Ampe C., Jacobs F., Tempst P.;
RT   "Functional and chemical characterization of Hymenoptaecin, an
RT   antibacterial polypeptide that is infection-inducible in the
RT   honeybee (Apis mellifera)";
RL   J. Biol. Chem. 268:7044-7054(1993).