> I wonder if the forager is "cleaning up" the nectar, or just getting a
quick snack.
Flowers are full of parasites, fungi, and bacteria. Foragers can minimize
transmission to the colony by "cleaning up" the nectar.
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
530 277 4450
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