In a message dated 10/3/2009 1:47:02 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I sure get tired of all the hubub about protein content. Allen I'm a bit puzzled by this comment. I agree that protein content is just one part of the nutritional story, but the Fat Bee/Skinny Bee book has some definite opinions about minimum protein content, and too much protein seems to have some adverse effects. However, many members of Bee-L dislike having bees near corn, that bees do poorly in this situation, with part of the explanation based on the presumption that corn has low protein content, yet a reasonably good balance of amino acids, etc. Jerry *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Access BEE-L directly at: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L