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Re: Dead Bees with huge pollen loads
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 5 Jan 2014 18:32:23 -0800
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>Would saving some of the pollen loads do us any good to ascertain?

Sure, bring some by.  I've already checked mine--the only pollen I've seen
coming in is alder.

>Or would a poisonous plant have any affect on the forager?  I would think
> poison pollen would only have affect after being eaten.
>

Right you are, Brion!  Foragers don't eat pollen.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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