Hi Collen & all

> will transition to forraging be surpressed to meet
> the needs of the brood because of the total number of bees?

I would not use the term suppressed, but a larger percentage of a small
colony ends up looking after brood, rather than foraging.

This is the main reason why larger colonies gather disproportionaly larger
crops.


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