Hi All
 
Andy Nachbars thread a while back abouut pollen reallyy fascinated
me. I conducted a few experiments with freshly caught swarms of equal
size.
 
One swarm was given a frame of pollen, a frame of brood 30% capped.
Another was given a similar frame of brood and a frame of drawn comb
with uncapped nectar.
 
Hive one had capped the frame of brood given, and produced another
two frames of uncapped brood after a week. Hive two had removed much
of the uncapped brood after two days and after a week had refilled
the frame with eggs and larvae.
 
So this means that in order to finish the brood and cap it, bees need
actual pollen stores, not just pollen of the trees.
 
Also has anybody on the list ever tried feeding bees lysine
supplemments? Or any other AA for that matter?
 
Keep well
 
Garth
 
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Garth Cambray       Kamdini Apiaries
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3rd year Biochemistry/Microbiology    Rhodes University
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