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Offline don2

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queenless hive.
« on: April 21, 2015, 06:44:42 pm »
Will bees gather pollen if there is no queen or queen cell? d2

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Re: queenless hive.
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 10:59:37 pm »
Yes, I believe so. Nothing for them to do but haul in pollen and nectar.

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Re: queenless hive.
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2015, 11:26:01 pm »
They are more likely to haul pollen when they are feeding brood, but that's not a sure thing.  Bringing in pollen is suggestive of brood, and an queen.
Someone really ought to tell them that the world of Ayn Rand?s novel was not meant to be aspirational.

 

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