>
> >So the assumption (and we both know what the acronym assume stands for)
> would be that the pollen substitute would be used for bee nutrition and not
> for the production/feeding of larvae.


As Medhat said, not directly fed to larvae (I feel that most of the bee
books have it wrong), but first transformed to jelly, similar in the way
that a cow transforms alfalfa into milk.


> >Another conjecture, can pollen in the bee's gut be regurgitated after
> being digested or partially digested as food for the larvae?
>
> My data indicate that that does not happen.

Randy

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