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Steve Rose <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Feb 2011 22:09:46 +0000
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> I think it was Mark Wilson who determined that the bees' proventriculus sieved off something like 85% of the AFB spores within the first 45 (!) minutes of gorging on AFB-laden honey.

What happens to these spores after the proventriculus has sieved them out?

Steve Rose

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