> > > Bee fat body protein levels increased with consumption of pollen ******** > > G Kleinschmidt (Australia) did work on this... "The level of body > protein varied between 21% and 67% and was closely related to colony > requirements... Management should be designed to reduce extreme > fluctuations in body protein and to maintain it above 40% whenever > possible." I guess the point I thought Jim was making that the speaker seemed to be saying that the protein was being stored in the body part called the _fat_ body, whereas all the previous discussions here mentioned (I assume) *whole* body protein assays. I had somehow imagined the protein to be distributed through the body, and perhaps the haemolymph, rather than stored in a specific organ. Of course, storage in the fat body does not preclude storage elsewhere. I am realizing how totally ignorant I am about this. The more I learn, the less I know :( I did a search for protein AND Australia at http://listserv.albany.edu/archives/bee-l.html and found more detailed references to the article, as well as other discussion, including some in APIS. I have some references here I got from my last IBRA search, and must get some of the papers to read, methinks. Inertia is a powerful influence, I am afraid. allen ----- See if your questions have been answered in over a decade of discussions. BEE-L archives & more: http://listserv.albany.edu/archives/bee-l.html Search sci.agriculture.beekeeping at http://www.deja.com/ or visit http://www.internode.net/HoneyBee to access both on the same page.