--- George Fergusson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:


> So they had to work harder for the same rewards.
> Wouldn't this make them
> MORE efficient?

Hi George,

No, more energy spent in gaining the reward would be
'less efficient'.

Example of 'working harder for the same rewards' would
be a car spending more energy on the highway at 30
miles per gallon would be less efficient than a car
getting 28 MPG.

Remember that a colony of honeybees, when faced with
different sources of nectar, will consistently focus
on the source with the highest profitability
-profitability is defined as a function of nectar
sweetness, accessibility, abundance and distance from
the hive.



Joe Waggle ~ Derry, PA
Small Cell Beekeeping
‘Bees Gone Wild Apiaries'
http://www.biologicalbeekeeping.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Organicbeekeepers/



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