>Feeding experiments by Oertel, Emerson and Wheeler (1953) with radioactive tracers suggest that drones receive special food from the workers.


That seems to imply that nurse bees are capable of producing different adult foods for both queens and drones. In addition, Haydak suggests that nurse bees change the constituents in drone larval food, meaning there are three jelly formulas with presumably different effects on the recipient. 



>The study of nutrition of drones has been neglected and only recently have some observations and analyses been made.
>Young drones (1 to 8 days old) are fed mainly by younger workers with food which resembles modified worker jelly-a mixture of glandular
>secretions, pollen, and honey. 


HONEY BEE NUTRITION
MYKOLA H. HAYDAK 


http://194.47.52.113/janlars/partnerskapalnarp/ekonf/20130516/Haydak1970.pdf


Bill Hesbach 
Cheshire CT

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