If you have everything you need in the stockpile, workers will bring as much as they can carry to the job site, thus ensuring the building is finished in as few trips as possible. When materials are trickling in, workers might make lots of wasteful trips to the building site, carrying only 1 or 2 units of materials.
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[Edit: Patch 1.02 says foresters will no longer cut down orchards)
This results in a situation where it is actually more efficient to place herbalists and gatherers near forester's lodges than in young forests, which are less dense.