What is interesting about this whole topic is that all the statements I recall having seen are liberally sprinkled with words like "may", "possibly", or "It seems reasonable to assume". Although it seems it is a current fad to assume that the microflora and microfauna are important in some positive way, I don't see that much, if anything particularly significant has been demonstrated in bees. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm