A Bee Baby Immune System is Primed against Disease before Birth (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

A Bee Baby Immune System is Primed against Disease before Birth

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When a bee is born, they are already "vaccinated" against some diseases found in their environment. This immune system priming is passed along to the larvae from the queen bee via a blood protein called vitellogenin.

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Christofer Bang

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