On 9 November 2015
Chris
wrote:
>
> ...
> Here in the UK the bees, Apis
>
> mellifera mellifera, must have wintered largely on crystallised ivy honey
> since
>
> we became an island and the ice retreated about 20,000 years ago.
> ...
>
Wouldn't the bees have over-wintered on honeys collected throughout the
whole of the summer? (There was nobody about to have removed that honey
from the nest.) Also, don't they eat the most recently collected honey
(nectar) first - so perhaps before the ivy had time to crystallise?
Kitta
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