John Spaulding >I've opened my hives to see if millet is in storage where you would see >pollen normally. >There was a light colored dust there but I couldn't tell if it was millet. >Does anyone one now if they can actually use millet or birdseed as a I don't know if they could use it as a protien source. I did notice last year that one hive had the bottom board covered in millet seed, very shiny as if it had been polished. These were bees I observed on my bird feeder rolling around. **************************************************** * David Eyre 9 Progress Drive, Unit 2, * * The Beeworks, Orillia, Ontario, L3V 6H1. * * [log in to unmask] 705-326-7171 * * http://www.muskoka.net/~beeworks * * Agents for: E H Thorne & B J Sherriff UK. * ****************************************************