Can't help too much here..I am forwarding your message to the bee-l
and extl lists in the hope you might get an reasonable answer.
 
Tom Sanford
 
On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, r butler wrote:
 
> Dr Sanford.
> Could you please help me regarding yeast as a pollen substitue.
>
> I am a home beer brewer and I was wondering about using the yeast and
> protein sludge from the bottom of primary fermentations for feeding
> my bees.    At present I must throw out tens of gallons of this yeast
> sludge, and would like to put it to good use.  "Oh the possible
> efficiencies of two overgrown hobbies..."
>
> The sludge is mostly yeast, and will contain some precipitated
> /coagulated proteins from the grain, as well as some residual hop flower
> acids which are responsible for bittering beer.
>
> Is the commercial soy and yeast substitute more pure than this ?
> Where would someone to go to find out if feeding this dried sludge is a
> good or a bad idea?
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA
> Robert Butler
>
>