SummaryAddition to the diet fed to honeybee colonies in cages of either whole-pollen lipids, or the fraction soluble in cold acetone, resulted in a significant increase in the amount of food consumed. On the other hand addition of the fraction insoluble in cold acetone, or of an extract of the volatile substances in pollen, led to decreased food consumption.
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