Jim Moore wrote:
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>         I have a hive that seems to have alot of pollen frames.
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>         Is it ever the case that a hive can be pollen bound?
 
   I live in an area that is pollen rich. On occasion I have pulled
pollen from the hives to leave the queen room to lay. It's a tough call
to decide if you need to remove pollen and then how much to remove. I
guess for me it boils down to a seat-of-the-pants kind of a decision.
You have to guess what the weather is going to do because if you get a
few rainy cool days when the bees aren't flying a strong hive with a
good queen can use up a pile of pollen in just a short time. The other
thing to consider is when the honey flow is going to come on. When the
bees get going on necter they seem to back off a little bit on the
pollen.
  We've always just stored the frames in the super storage until we
need them (it wouldn't be practical to buy enough freezers to store
a couple hundred frames). Although some of the nutritional value may
have been lost the frames are still good for putting in nucs.
  Like Andy said there are a lot of things to look at and assess in
your decision. I always do a certain amount of nail-biting when I
start considering pulling pollen out, but I haven't had any wrecks
from doing it yet(knock on wood).
  If worse comes to worse you'll just have to put it back.
  I.M.H.O.
 
  Leon