> One hundred and thirty estimations of the amount of stored pollen in healthy queenright colonies throughout the year showed a well-marked peak during June, July and August, while from September to April the pollen stores remained at a relatively constant, low level. Queenlessness in late summer frequently resulted in tbe presence of abnormally large stores of pollen in autumn and winter.

The Annual Cycle of Pollen Storage by Honey Bees
E. P. JEFFREE and M. DELIA ALLEN, Bee Research Deparlmenl, North of Scolland Collegeof Agriculture,  Marischal College, Aberdeen
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY Vol. 50, No. 9

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