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Offline A37

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Using Pollen Frames with package bees
« on: May 06, 2017, 01:33:38 am »
After my hive failed last year I ended up with a lot of frames with pollen in them. This year I have two 10 frame hives, I split the drawn comb with the new hive. The queen might have 3 or 4 good brood frames to lay in and the rest is honey and pollen. Is that enough, the bees are bringing in pollen like crazy last week (It's been raining all this week.) The second deep I plan on putting on is the same thing. If she does lay in the pollen frames it's going to be spotty, will the other workers think she's a failing queen? Am I over thinking it all?  I have so many questions on the pollen frames, do you ever pull them and give them a new one? Will she lay eggs in the second deep or is it just for food?    Thanks, I know that was a lot.

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Re: Using Pollen Frames with package bees
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2017, 09:06:55 am »
There is no point in giving a colony overwintered pollen when there is fresh pollen available.  It adds to the work load to remove it.  However if it were a choice whether to give them foundation or a drawn frame of pollen I would choose the drawn frame.
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