>So, the bees have a very wacky "commodities trading floor", where the foragers are indiscriminately bringing in whatever they can, and the receivers are the ones making the value judgments. As with nectar, forager bees are recruited by dances...
My understanding is that bees returning with pollen (or sawdust!) pack it into cells themselves - so there are no receivers as there would be with nectar. So, do bees returning with only pollen perform recruitment dances? If so, is that before or after they dispose of their loads?
Best wishes
Peter
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W
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