>
> Date:    Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:57:29 -0500
> From:    nasinov -- Little Wolf Apiaries
>
> if a deep frame were packed full of pollen  both sides - no honey
> how much  on average would the bee bread itself without the frame  
> weigh


Walter,

   While I don't have the answer the majority of the weight would be  
due to water.  Pollen is very light when  dry & so my guess would be  
the water content of the sample would make up the majority of the  
weight.

   So the answer would greatly be affected by ambient humidity &  
condition of the bee bread--& thus condition of the colony (assuming  
the sample were removed from a colony for immediate measurement.

    A very difficult measurement.  One could guestimate by pulling a  
plug, weighing it & then counting cells!

Mike


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