Researchers may have finally discovered the process by which baby bees are inoculated against many infectious diseases. Natural bee immunity has been known about for some time, but never truly understood until now.

Scientists have known this for some time, but the process by which bee-immunization occurs has eluded the entomological community for years. That may be changing. 


An international team of researchers recently published a study in the journal PLOS Pathogens which links pre-formed bee immunity to a common protein found in bees' blood. 


In a typical honey bee colony, the queen bee doesn't get out much. So, forager bees bring food to her. While out and about, the foragers tend to pick up path