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Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, Vol s3-96, 117-120, Copyright © 1955 by Company of Biologists

The Significance of the Presence of Pollen in the Food of Worker Larvae of the Honey-Bee

J. SIMPSON 1

1 Bee Research Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts

I. From a study of the quantity of undigested shells of pollen grains in the gut of worker honey-bee larvae it is concluded that the larvae receive a variable quantity of pollen in their food in summer and sometimes none at all in winter.

2. Probably less than one-tenth of the nitrogen requirements of growing larvae are obtained from the pollen in their food.






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