Two questions !

     Is the small to moderate amount of local pollen remaining in cloth
-filtered
extracted honey in any way considered harmful or undesirable ?  When marketed
as
such (local) thru health-food outlets it seems preferred by those who
purchase same and are concerned regarding pollen-induced allergies.

     If harvest (pulling) is delayed until this time of year (in southern New
England)
is it not true that any small amout of brood previousely in the bottom super
will
have hatched and the otherwise persistant nurse bees returned to the brood
chambers ? It seems otherwise that the girations required to get the bees to
willingly and properly function in the presence of the excluder to be quite
labor
intensive when multiple outyards are concerned,
          Reactiions and answers to this post eagerly sought and welcomed

         Zodiac Farms - Westport, MA.