I forgot to mention that with this trap installed and not on bypass, the hive continues to have pollen in the cells in some reasonable (to me) quantity. It is apparent that pollen continues to get through the stripper screens. I speculate that it is the small pellets which get through and the large ones which do not but, of course, I have no way of knowing. Absent trying to find some way to quantify it, I find it hard to think of bees starving for honey with honey in the hive or for pollen with pollen in the hive. Another thing which bears here somewhat is something I never seen mentioned. Most of the time most of the bees have nothing to do, as watching an observation hive will verify. Like soldiers between wars and firemen (the fire duty ones) between fires. Except in the middle of some big flow, I think worries about efficiency and proximity of pollen to the brood and such to be somewhat overdone. My bees put most of the pollen in the frames closest to the end of the entrance they favor and I presume the nurse bees have to come and get it there when they want it. And it is there all the time when these traps are in use. I only bypass or remove the trap if their internal supply runs low or about the 1st of August to begin building a pollen surplus for overwintering. Incidentally, I have never observed anything which remotely could be considered using restraint in pollen collection. Dam __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/