Thinking inside the box: Restoring the propolis envelope facilitates honey bee social immunity.

Thinking inside the box: Restoring the propolis envelope facilitates honey bee social immunity.

When wild honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) nest in hollow tree cavities, they coat the rough cavity walls with a continuous layer of propolis, a substance comprised primarily of plant resins. Studies have shown that the resulting "propolis envelope" leads to both individual- and colony-...

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Main Authors: Maggie Shanahan, Michael Simone-Finstrom, Philip Tokarz, Frank Rinkevich, Quentin D Read, Marla Spivak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291744&type=printable

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