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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:54:33 -0800
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> >As long as the bees are not depleting their fat bodies they act like
> winter bees and have long life.


As best I can tell, the fat bodies are purposely depleted during the
transition from mid-age to forager, in order to lighten the weight of the
foragers, rather than due to lack of food.
-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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