In light of the recent discussion about pollen feeding in the fall and the possibility of causing problems if fed too late, what should be the cut off time for fall pollen feeding to get the best bees without harm to the bees (late brood and not developing long lived bees)? My guess it is related to first killing frost, when most all the pollen producing plants are killed or go into dormancy. So should you stop feeding pollen at that point or can you go longer? One local person has been teaching that you can feed well after the killing frost as we do get warm days after that and "you want to keep the bees busy" which, after the recent finding would seem to be counter productive. I do not feed pollen/substitutes at all but after the recent discussions it looks like fall pollen feeding is something that I will add to my management. I do feed sugar syrup, mostly when we have had a dry fall. Bill Truesdell Bath, Maine *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html