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Honeybee pests and diseases.
 #2901  by Chrisbarlow
 03 May 2019, 16:41
bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA 'vaccines' through royal jelly and worker jelly. The jelly is the bee equivalent of mother's milk: a secretion used to provide nutrition to worker and queen bee larvae.

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-discovery-rna-royal-jelly-aid.amp