Yasin Yilmaz asks about ways to dry pollen for market or consumption.
 
The folks around here use a number of different drying machines, factory or
home made.  They all move air through the pollen at a slow rate to carry
off the moisture.  Some have a heating device which is usually set fairly
cool, maybe 80 degrees Fahrenheit.  Ambient temperatures here would be in
the 50 to 60 F. range, with rain likely anytime, while beekeepers are
drying the pollen.  When the ambient temperatures are in the 80s the pollen
drys faster.  The trick is to monitor the pollen so that the pollen is soft
and dry when crushed between the fingers, not hard or brittle.
 
James C. Bach
Yakima WA
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