> >Weather conditions likely affect quantity but not quality. Viable pollen
> of any sort is highly nutritious.
>

A paper presented at this year's ABRC suggests that pollen from
drought-stressed plants may be far less nutritious to bees, since it
markedly decreased the survivorship of caged bees.

>
> I think too little attention is being paid to the new study out of
> Wisconsin:


I'm in complete agreement, and have been trying to get other researchers to
follow up on this.


-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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