Here in Europe, something strange happens: in every bee book one can find the amount of sugar needed to the bees to go through the winter, but not so about the amount of pollen! What are the needs of a colony to overwinter? I never could find a figure on this. Are there figures available elsewhere? Sincerely, Ghislain De Roeck, Belgium 50°45'14" 3°54'48" *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm