BEE-L Archives

Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology

BEE-L@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: pollen supplements in fall
From:
Richard Cryberg <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 3 Oct 2017 16:40:00 +0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (12 lines) 
Randy said, "In addition, when I've done gut squashes, those winter bees' guts are
packed full of pollen."

What month are you talking about?  Surely not Dec when you have no pollen coming in and the bees are clustered and can not get to pollen stored in the hive.  Or perhaps it is Dec and your observation is they carry a gut full of pollen all winter no matter how cold?  In which case it would seem they are too cold to digest the pollen.

Dick

             ***********************************************
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

ATOM RSS1 RSS2