Dick Allen wrote:
> >At least a bee with deformed wings can help around the hive.
> I’ve seen some going
> into cells apparently “cleaning” them,
I was told that behavior, ducking into cells, was more an act of staying
alive by hiding from other bees than productive work. It was pointed out
to me, and I observed the malformed bees were the only ones doing it.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine
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