Keith said
> I start feeding pollen sub (brewers yeast, 15% bee pollen and 77% solids
> sugar syrup) in first of sept,

One thing to note is that Keith does not feed soy.
My experience in Calif confirms what Keith says.  In our California dry
summers, bees supplemented with major brewers yeast/pollen supplement from
late summer on far outperform those bees that don't get help.
Randy Oliver

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