Randy wrote:
 Hi John, I was just checking to see if anyone was paying attention  : )
>
Randy, seeing as how I just got back from a seminar that included
beenutrition(by a PHD who is rightly regarded as qualifiied and competent)
and  have never heard of a 2 brood cycle max for pollen supplements , well
smoke was pouring off of my back wheels as I put her in reverse & reread
what you had said.
I was thinking of using a well known pollen supplement  as a cell rearing
stimulant seeing as it had
 "all the 10 major type proteins necessary for complete bee nutrition"
I am not quite as eager to do so now.

I think many of these protein supplements do what they are supposed to in
stimulating brood production and are great products, but your comment about
2 brood cycles being the max you can raise on pollen supplement alone makes
it clear that we havent arrived.
Thanks for making your observations known Randy, you have done it in a  way
that has not disparaged anyone and yet has given a vital "other side of  the
coin" that I am sure will add  vigour to bee nutritionist's research.

John Horton

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