>>Not all pollen is equal, any more than all food is equally nutritious.

A known and understood fact.  However, what I wonder specifically is: if under the US East Coast conditions when pollen is coming continuously from various sources all season long - as indicated by different packed pollen colors in the comb - and the combs are packed with pollen, do the bees experience malnutrition?

One reason humans overeat on poor, processed foods is to get the nutrients their bodies need.  The result is obesity and its dire consequences.  Do bees similarly overeat on less nutritious pollen to compensate?  Or do they really starve? Anybody know?

Waldemar 

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