>>Not all pollen is equal, any more than all food is equally nutritious.

> A known and understood fact.  However, what I wonder specifically is: if 
> under the US East Coast conditions when pollen is coming continuously from 
> various sources all season long - as indicated by different packed pollen 
> colors in the comb - and the combs are packed with pollen, do the bees 
> experience malnutrition?

That is too general a question to be answered in any definite way.

I do recall, however, Dave Green speaking of the region of "Golden Pollen" 
just west of him.  He said that a beekeeper in such an area could do no 
wrong.  Unfortunately it was not practical for him to use the area... as I 
recall.  The Peace River country used to be such a region and maybe still is 
in spots, some years.  I suspect the huge crops gathered in some areas is as 
much due to the pre-flow and after-flow conditions as the flows themselves.

You can answer your own question by getting some patties and feeding some of 
your hives constantly and leaving a group unfed.

I suspect, though, that you will soon abandon the experiment when you see 
the results, and feed them all. 

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