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> I'm curious about your casual observation, since where I live, leaving a
> pollen trap on a hive for more than a week or so invariably crashes that
> hive (other than during the most intense period of pollen flow in the
> spring).  What have others observed in your areas?
>
> I'm not proud to say it, but I've left a pollen trap on a hive for over 3
weeks straight and the colony survived without much of a hickup. It was man
lake's superior pollen trap (
https://www.mannlakeltd.com/10-frame-superior-pollen-trap). The tray was
full of pollen (obviously, and unusable due to mold), and the colony didn't
expand during that time period, nor did they collect excess nectar, but
they survived just fine. After I took the pollen trap off and waited a week
or two, there was no apparent difference in health between that hive and
the hive next to it.

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