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Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:18:20 -0800
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Subject:	Re: Do Bees Eat Fresh Pollen?
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--- On Mon, 2/1/10, randy oliver <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>  How processed is the incoming pollen by the time it is comsumed?  If the delay is only a >>  matter of hours, I would imagine not much.

Apparently, some very important changes can take place in the first hour after collection (before the pollen even enters the hive), such as the conversion of critical sterols.

How about the breakdown of the covering of the pollen?   Seems I heard somewhere that the pollen covering can be pretty tough (to digest).
Mike in LA



      

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