> > >I have seen this from time to time as long as I have kept bees (40 years) > and > in occasional isolated cells for the most part. It's funny how when something that has always been present is brought to our attention, that we finally start to notice it. I've also always seen occasional entombed cells. So this is hardly a "new" phenomenon. >I wonder if the stored pollen is somehow deemed substandard by bees or even toxic why isn't it simply removed from the cell, evacuated, thereby allwoing reutilization of the cell? Natural selection must have found that it is more adaptive to seal it off than to deal with potentially toxic substances. Randy Oliver *********************************************** 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 Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm