Randy's post was a bit difficult to read. Allow me to separate out the key points: Bob wrote: > commercial beekeepers thought of this without help from researchers. Randy offered: > Shimanuki, et al 1983. Effect of feeding pollen substitutes to colonies of honey bees and suggested that this information was already available Me: Therefore they could have taken the cue from the researchers after all. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L