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Foraging by nurse bees
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Little Wolf Apiaries -our bees get all the attraction <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:53:58 -0500
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:53 PM, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> >Do nurse bees leave the hive to gather pollen and nectar?
>
> By definition, they would then be called "foragers."  Bees exhibiting
> nursing behavior do not forage, and once they transition to foraging, they
> no longer nurse (although they can revert under certain circumstances).
>

It was a friend scouring those papers who found reference to nurse bees
foraging
so what would those circumstances bee?
No doubt the transitioning takes place all the time during the foraging
season
Could stress due to the decline of a population cause some to transition
sooner?
Asking for that friend.
Who's done work on this and published what?

Walter
littlewolfapiaries.com

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