--- On Sun, 1/31/10, allen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I use fresh pollen in cell builders. You can fill a comb with pollen by working it into the comb with your fingers until well packed...you can pack two heaping double hands full into a comb. They certainly do eat it, and grow nice cells
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There has been discussion here on the list in the past concerning pollen gathered during a certain time period and/or in a certain location not being nutritionally complete. 

I would like some feedback concerning a practice I have followed for the past year (not long enough nor extensive enough to observe good feedback) and that is to combine pollen substitute from two different suppliers (commercial) and trapped pollen (all in equal quantities - 1/3:1/3:1/3) in a patty to stimulate early brood production and in cell builder colonies.

Mike in LA




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