Aaron:
 but I'm sure Dewey Caron has written articles on how to preserve trapped pollen in a manner that mimics how honey bees prepare pollen for storage,
 
Reply:
Perhaps on the surface, but whether or not in actuality is about to be unfolded beginning at this Nebraska State Assoc meeting on Chemical Free Beekeeping....21-23 Nov in Lincoln, Nebraska.
 
For you see many things have happened now changing the direction/way beekeeping will have to go in the future for long term survival!
 
For you can mimic in a way......., in that you put pollen into a hive that the bees then have to rework: But how? Same for honey! and mimicing honey feeding fwiw , .....and both honey/pollen make up beebread......but by the bees themselves mixing. And believe it or not there is a BIG difference...... between the natural and the artificial doings.
 
For you cannot look at hive doings in sound bites, or field management for that matter.....it is whole picture for understanding and so much work to be done. Much is unfolding fast, on how we as an industry worldwide have detrimentally hurt our colonies nutrition wise, concerning our pollens and honeys collected, and stored in combs. Add to this hurting, the environment they live in due to placement/change by us for interaction with Nature, much of which needs to be changed/redirected.
 
Dee


 


      

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