--- George Fergusson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> So they had to work harder for the same rewards.
> Wouldn't this make them
> MORE efficient?
Hi George,
No, more energy spent in gaining the reward would be
'less efficient'.
Example of 'working harder for the same rewards' would
be a car spending more energy on the highway at 30
miles per gallon would be less efficient than a car
getting 28 MPG.
Remember that a colony of honeybees, when faced with
different sources of nectar, will consistently focus
on the source with the highest profitability
-profitability is defined as a function of nectar
sweetness, accessibility, abundance and distance from
the hive.
Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.comhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/
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