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Subject:	Re: Small bees?
From:	Kristina Williams <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 5 May 2016 21:49:28 -0600
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Hi Dan,
  I know just what you mean!  I see these mini bees periodically too.   I
think they were food stressed during development and skipped the last
larval instar.  A number of other holometabolous insects do it too.  The
mini bees are always young looking, so I don't think they live to be
foragers.
   I've also seen a hive of mostly mini drones and a few  overworked worker
bees.
Cheers,
Kristina Williams
Boulder, CO

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