Nurse bees do not feed only the brood: brood food also circulates among adult bees
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This study shows that the royal jelly produced by nurse bees is not only used to feed the brood and the queen, but is also distributed to a significant portion of the adult bees. It thus sheds light on the central role of nurse bees in the redistribution of proteins within the colony. Pollen remains in the background as the primary resource, but it is the circulation of this glandular food that the study directly highlights.