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["Joe Boles" <jo.bo@rogers.com>]

Bees harvest pollen to feed to their larvae.

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From: Thomas Olenio

To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'

Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:05 AM

Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Are GM crops killing honeybees?

-----Original Message-----
>From Jim Fruth

    You may well have hit on something worth investigating.  I have
witnessed honeybees harvesting corn pollen (see Karl's email, below).

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Hi,

I know nothing about bees.  Why would honeybees harvest corn pollen?  I
always thought that bees harvested nectar, and pollination was a side effect
of their efforts to collect nectar.  Since there is no nectar associated
with corn, and it is wind pollinated, I am confused.

Later,
Tom

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