Jon, if you could perhaps keep your discussion more focused, we could
better contribute.

>
> >Would they then treat it as pollen, packing it into comb cells?
>

They do not, as they have no behavior to do so.  I have confirmed by using
a fluorescent tracer.

Re deGroot, he found that a diet high in pure amino acids was harmful to
the bees.

Re lipids, I'm currently testing a formulation in which I mixed a number of
vegetable oils to obtain a fatty acid profile similar to that of the mean
of known nutritious natural pollens.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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