> in decent shape.  While every beekeeper should collect some pollen, they are
> in a Catch-22 when it comes to buying their first trap.

Hello Lloyd -

Can you please share with us why you feel every beekeeper should collect
some pollen? Are you referring to collecting pollen for human consumption?
I'm one of those that have never embraced the idea that  beekeepers _should_
collect pollen to feed back to the bees which I hear is a practice from
several sources. I suppose one could collect pollen for personal consumption
but I feel great care should be given when doing so so as not to short
change the bees immediate need and long term storage for pollen. If one is
going to eventually feed the pollen back to the bees, why go through the
trouble of collecting it in the first place?

Regards,

Barry