>
> In answer to your question, Juanse, that appears to be the case if there
> is adequate beebread present in the combs.
>
On the other hand, if a colony is going into starvation, then suppression
of larval feeding appears to result in another sort of "survivor" bee
physiology, distinct from that of diutinus bees.
--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com
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