You say "have been using pollen traps for 10 years...".  Interesting, as I
see you are in the Northeast.  With our relatively high humidity, do you dry
the pollen?  If you do, how do you do it?  If you don't, do you have trouble
with mold?  Do you sell the pollen, or just use it as feed?
 
I understand that many beekeepers in the Northeast have given up on pollen
trapping (for sale) because of high humidity problems, so I think your
experience will be valuable to others.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alden P. Marshall <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Pollen traps and supersedure
 
 
>Been using pollen traps for 10 years+. Hesitate if they are influential
>in supersedure though. I think it is obvious though that if a trapped
>colony does supersede the consequences can be more detrimental, queen not
>likely to get out and even less likely to get back in. Thus one has 1) a
>drone laying queen or 2) laying workers and perhaps a colony started
>under the bottom board (from the queen that got out and couldn't get back
>in. IMHO these are the primary drawbacks to trapping pollen.
>
>Alden Marshall
>B-Line Apiaries
>Hudson, NH 03051
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