Dear all,
Next spring we are planing experiment with different kinds of oilseed
rape and honeybees. We would like to find preferable (palatable)
cultivars of oilseed rape for bees. That is reason why we are in search
for some substance which bees could live on visited flowers.
Prof. Frilli from Udine University (Italy) sent us pollen dispensers for
kiwifruit pollination. They fill dispensers with kiwi pollen and put in
front of hive entrance. Each bee on her way out has to come through
dispenser collecting some pollen on body and go after female flowers.
I intend to put coloured powder in dispenser instead of pollen. Do you
have any idea what kind of powder to use, and where to find it? It could
be something phosphorescent, visible during night or after exposure to light.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
 
Nikola Kezic
 
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