Guest guest Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Bees' Production of Antimicrobial Compounds Linked to Sociality Antimicrobial Defences Increase with Sociality in Bees Biology Letters, Issue Volume 3, Number 4 / August 22, 2007, Pages 422-424 http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2007/07/bees-production-of-antimicrobial.\ html <http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2007/07/bees-production-of-antimicrobial\ ..html> … Our results suggest that selection by microbial pathogens was critical to the evolution of sociality and required the production of strong, front-line antimicrobial defences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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