More on how the purposed workaround for the lack of antibodies in bees works.

A quote from the University of Helsinki: 

>"When the queen bee eats something with pathogens in it, the pathogen signature molecules are bound by vitellogenin. Vitellogenin then carries these signature molecules into the queen's eggs, where they work as inducers for future immune responses."

I can't help thinking that this process isn't already happening, to some degree, naturally. Hopefully, there will be a paper coming.


Freitak, the lead researcher, went on to say: 

>"We hope that we can also develop a vaccination against other infections, such as European foulbrood and fungal diseases," Freitak said in a statement. "We have already started initial tests. The plan is to be able to vaccinate against any microbe."


Bill Hesbach
Cheshire CT





https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/12/07/674587061/worlds-first-insect-vaccine-could-help-bees-fight-off-deadly-disease

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