>
>  i certainly haven't seen anything that implies that bees can digest
> unfermented pollen..


Numerous experiments over the years, some cited in my nutrition and nosema
articles, indicate that caged bees fed unfermented pollen are able to digest
and utilize the nutrients in raw pollen.

Randy Oliver

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