On 16/05/2012 1:35 PM, allen wrote: > Or maybe I am mistaken? I see your point. However we know from work done here that pollens with 30% protein are most desirable to have good robust, long lived bees, providing the amino acid profile is OK. So a substitute with the same would work the same. The sugar and honey will be consumed as carbohydrate, the same as happens naturally with nectar or honey. Geoff Manning *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm