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"J. Waggle" <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:48:05 -0700
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--- Aaron Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>...I have heard it said more than once, by a
> prominent, now retired bee scientist, that
> chalkbrook and AFB will not be present in the same >
hive at the same  time; that chalkbrood surpresses >
AFB.

A. apis, (the fungus that causes chalkbrood)  produces
a substance with antimicrobial proprieties.  The agent
found in chalkbrood that suppresses AFB was found to
be the fatty acid, linoleic acid.

Joe
Pennsylvania



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