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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 393706" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>Mmmm, sort of.</p><p></p><p>Bees travel to flowers for pollen (which is protein) and nectar(which is carbohydrate). Both are stored in the comb for consumption later on. The nectar is converted into watery honey by enzymes in the bee's stomach and then excess water is avaporated off in the conb until it is concentrated enough to not allow spoillage if bacteria get in - the honey kills the bacteria by sucking the the water through the bacteria's cell wall by osmosis.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when bees swarm half stay at the old colony wth a new queen and the other half fly off to find a new home with the old queen. Before they leave they each take a stomach full of honey with then to give thenselves a head start in their new home wherever that might be.</p><p></p><p>So, the swarm would have had a fair amount of honey spread throughout its members.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 393706, member: 176256"] Mmmm, sort of. Bees travel to flowers for pollen (which is protein) and nectar(which is carbohydrate). Both are stored in the comb for consumption later on. The nectar is converted into watery honey by enzymes in the bee's stomach and then excess water is avaporated off in the conb until it is concentrated enough to not allow spoillage if bacteria get in - the honey kills the bacteria by sucking the the water through the bacteria's cell wall by osmosis. Anyway, when bees swarm half stay at the old colony wth a new queen and the other half fly off to find a new home with the old queen. Before they leave they each take a stomach full of honey with then to give thenselves a head start in their new home wherever that might be. So, the swarm would have had a fair amount of honey spread throughout its members. [/QUOTE]
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