Hi Allen

> Does anyone know how many larvae a nurse bee can feed
> 
> 1.) concurrently,

This work was done, but I have forgotten by whom, I used the information 
to develop a system for raising two queencells in mating nucs. It should 
be searchable.


> 2.) in her lifetime

I will take a punt at this and say that I expect it to vary in some sort 
of proportion to the quantity of fresh pollen that is fed to the nurse 
bees while they are feeding the larvae.

> Also, does anyone know how many bees it takes to cover and maintain a 
> given area of worker brood?

Not exactly, but you can get a good idea from the two pages...

http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/beesest.html
http://www.dave-cushman.net/bee/broodest.html

Bear in mind these are British sized frames.



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