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Trying again
From:
Wolfgang Kirchner <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 21 Jan 1994 05:00:58 -0500
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Dear Peter Kevan,
 
you were asking, how much nectar is in a crop load and guessed that it might be
about 1 milliliter.
 
1 milliliter of nectar weighs about 1 gram. 8 times more than a bee!
 
The full crop load of a honeybee forager is about 50-60 microliters on average.
Regards
 
Wolfgang H. Kirchner, W|rzburg ([log in to unmask])

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