2021
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.231076
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Social immunity in honey bees: royal jelly as a vehicle in transferring bacterial pathogen fragments between nestmates

Abstract: Social immunity is a suite of behavioral and physiological traits that allow colony members to protect one another from pathogens and includes the oral transfer of immunological compounds between nestmates. In honey bees, royal jelly is a glandular secretion produced by a subset of workers that is fed to the queen and young larvae, and which contains many antimicrobial compounds. A related form of social immunity, transgenerational immune priming (TGIP), allows queens to transfer pathogen fragments into their … Show more

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“…Thus, this review shows how understanding the mechanisms by which invertebrates manage their environmental adaptability can provide insights into how humans protect themselves against their own pathogens. Honey bees are another example of this idea, in which individuals are protected against micro pathogens via the concept of social immunity [50].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Thus, this review shows how understanding the mechanisms by which invertebrates manage their environmental adaptability can provide insights into how humans protect themselves against their own pathogens. Honey bees are another example of this idea, in which individuals are protected against micro pathogens via the concept of social immunity [50].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…50 , is a parameter giving the inhibitory concentration causing 50% inhibition; Ki is the inhibition catalytic constant value; %F, is the % of Ts26GST intrinsic fluorescence quenching; ND, not determined. (Exp.Par.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…We note that host niches and associated microbiotas are far more complex than discussed, and that the con rmation of a core colony microbiota will require further iteration and experimentation. Given the variety of social behaviors and microbes throughout the social environment [122], the behavioral and physiological processes associated with microbial odors or microbe-associated molecular patterns is an open question [68]. Hygienic worker behavior is presently de ned by response to death-associated larval odors, and removal behavior by adult workers [123,124].…”
Section: Conclusion/perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The gland can also react more proximally to colony-level challenge associated with a variety of social processes like emergency queen rearing [66,67]. In addition to providing shared nutrition, jelly may transmit immune training molecular patterns across generations, extend life expectancy, modulate microbiota structure and prevent opportunistic disease [67][68][69]. Gene expression associated with individual and social immunity is costly, and only generated by well-nourished individuals [61,70].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The gland can also react more proximally to colony-level challenge associated with a variety of social processes like emergency queen rearing 43,44 . In addition to providing shared nutrition, jelly produced in the HPG may transmit immune training molecular patterns across generations, extend life expectancy, modulate microbiota structure and prevent opportunistic disease [44][45][46] . Gene expression associated with individual and social immunity is costly, and only generated by well-nourished individuals 38,47 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%