--- On Thu, 5/7/09, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Does anybody know info on how long it would be safe to allow pollen to stay
in a trap before you remove it?


I am greatly impressed by the Sundance trap sold by Lloyd Spear (I have only
tried the bottom trap).  It gives you the cleanest pollen of any trap I've
tested, ........
Randy Oliver

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I, too, like the Sundance trap.  It's the only one I've used but, like Randy, I've found the pollen to be very clean when harvested.
I waited about a week between harvests (located 1/2 way between Montgomery and Mobile) and didn't have problems Randy mentioned.  Lucky, I guess.
I have used it since in making up pollen substitute feed.  I mixed the harvested pollen in with the pollen substitute an effort to make the patty more nutritious.

Mike in LA 




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