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Re: Pollen in the comb
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> Maybe the bees are looking to get the equivalent nutrition and this
> requires more of potentially less nutritious pollen?


We're thinking along the same line Waldemar.  If for some reason the pollen
is not increasing Vg levels in the young bees, they may transition to early
pollen foraging, despite the abundance of stored pollen!

Randy Oliver

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