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Subject:	Re: as 10-15 pounds of bees outside of the hive
From:	Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:48:50 -0400
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Looking at another way, there appears to be a large number of bees in a given hive that aren't working at all:

> Contrary to popular belief, the simile “as busy as a bee” is misleading; Lindauer (1961) and colleagues followed a single honey bee throughout its life and showed that the bee “loafed” 40% of the time (70/177 h). More detailed studies (Seeley, 1995) confirm an unexpectedly high rate of inactivity in honey bees, especially for the younger non-foraging bees, with about 30% of all bees resting at any given moment (Seeley TD, personal communication)

Anderson, C. (2001). The adaptive value of inactive foragers and the scout-recruit system in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies. Behavioral Ecology, 12(1), 111-119.

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