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Re: Social bees use faecal diet to fight parasites
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Peter L Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:28:51 -0500
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> I thought bees had evolved behaviours that prevented the transfer of fecel material by mouth.

OK, so what happens to all the waste materials accumulating in the hive constantly? The feces of young bees that don't go out yet, the queen's feces, rotten and dead brood, etc. They clean all of that stuff up by eating it. How else could they get rid of it?

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