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.
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