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Re: How much pollen is enough?
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randy oliver <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 9 Aug 2017 05:49:18 -0700
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> >Casual observation shows no decline in hives with pollen traps,  but less
> honey production.  Seems like it’s a choice for either or.
>

There's no free lunch.  Collecting pollen is energenically expensive, so
the need to double the amount collected comes at a cost.

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?

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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