>>It is right under your nose and you assume it is normal.  Bees kick out the 
drones when nutrients get scarce, not because they started to annoy them. 
Bees cut back on brood rearing when food gets scarce.

I still would like to understand if bee malnutrition occurs when combs are packed with pollen.  It seems redundant to throw patties on when combs are packed with pollen and fresh pollen is coming in.  Recognizing all beekeeping is local, East Coast suburbia may be different than Wyoming.

Is bee malnutrition primarly a concern of the large commercial beekeepers who, due to the size of their operations, can't offer their hives ample forage at certain times of the year?  Should the smaller guys be as concerned or not?

Waldemar


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