Yes, I have. Maybe not to the extent he claims. Walt's setup in 
medium, deep, medium. He claims the bottom box is used for pollen 
storage. I've seen the same with some colonies, but not all.

More in recent years. That brings up something that has been confounding 
me lately. Pollen bound colonies. Never used to see such a thing. Combs 
without brood or honey were empty. Now it seems, if a colony slows brood 
production, supercedes, etc, the combs are packed with pollen. I never 
noticed this before pms came on the scene. Why would a colony struggling 
to survive...one that needs more brood,  pack the broodnest with so full 
of pollen that the queen has virtually no cells to lay in? Other 
beekeepers I know have seen the same in the last 5 years or so.

I was told by someone who is way more in touch than I that this may be 
from selection for pollen hoarding. Seems a pollen hoarding strain was 
developed on the west coast...I think he said at either Davis or 
Washington, and released in to the breeding stocks of the US. True? I 
wish they'd take it back then. I don't need any more pollen in my 
broodnests.

>   He says bees store pollen under the brood area.
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> Any one have seen this?
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