Dear Yasin, Yasin Yilmaz schrieb: > Hello, > > This year, hopefully i would like to try -for the first time- collecting > some amount of pollen from my 11 hives (in Turkiye)... What about the market for Turkish pollen? > Does collecting pollen give harm to bees, or to the hive in general ? and > does it reduce the amount of honey production in that hive ? Surely you will reduce honey income to those hives. You should collect pollenonly during maximum honey production of your hives. > Do u know a place on web where i can find sources/pictures related to > the procedures of preparing pollens? Sorry no, but you can find those pictures in a lot of books about beekeeping. Sincerely Reimund _______________________________ Beekeeper in Germany (Bavaria) Queen Rearing of Carniolan Bees Insemination of Queens _______________________________