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Re: Pollen becoming less nutritious
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:54:21 -0700
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>But given the diversity of pollen types, exospore structures and the
enzymes needed to crack those shells open,

The shells (exines) don't get "cracked open" during fermentation--see my
article (with photos) on the subject at my website.

>So maybe those of us who have been putting vitamins in the sugar patties
> aren't so crazy after all.


I doubt that the two are that strongly linked.  You may still be crazy.

That said, the vitamin issue is of great interest.  But don't assume that a
vitamin to a human is also a vitamin to a bee.  For example, 24-methylene
cholesterol is a vitamin to a bee, but not to a human.

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

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