>
> >I pondered that,  but does it apply?  Zero brood,


Also zero brood in the winter cluster.


>  > bees hanging  with no comb break


There is virtually no insulation value to the "break" of the empty combs in
the cluster

,  >and zero activity to speak of,  I suspect the energy levels in this
> state are  different?
>

I suspect that disturbance such as trucking will greatly affect energy
consumption

> I still suspect its because they uptake to much sugar in order to gain
access to the moisture

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if that were the case!

Additional info at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3227735/
for energy use figures

http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/91/1/25.full.pdf   This one is for
hanging swarms, which may be applicable to package clusters.


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

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