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Re: Early pollen foraging
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Pete B <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 Mar 2019 08:26:49 -0400
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> In response to the amount of caffeine in used coffee grounds. 41 mg of caffeine per 17 gm of used coffee grounds. I have observed my bees rolling in coffee grounds for years. As with prior years; once our pollen flow started on February 28th. they stopped.

Hey, thanks for the link. Interesting that about 1/3 of the caffeine in the coffee is left behind. So -- do you think they are getting anything from the coffee, or just trying to?

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