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Re: as 10-15 pounds of bees outside of the hive
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:35:29 -0400
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> Agree, large colonies devote a higher percentage of their population to foraging. 

I didn't say that, I just said they had more. I think the opposite may be true, that large colonies send a smaller % of the total, but the number of foragers in a huge colony will still be huge.

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