Well dang.... I just need to kill the rest of my bees not been hard to do lately
and get a broom and start sweeping pine pollen for sale
Think I can sweep a truck load in about two months.
>In terms of pollen production, plant species differ in the quantity and quality of pollen produced. Some plants may produce an abundance of pollen, but the pollen may be of poor quality, whereas others may produce very little but high quality pollen. Plants that are closely related (within the same genus) tend to have similar amounts of crude protein available in their pollens. Plants with relatively high crude protein values include canola (Brassica napus ? 23%) and almond (Prunus dulcis ? 26%), while plants with lower crude protein levels include raspberry/blackberry (Rubus spp. ? 19%), willow (Salix spp. ? 17%), sunflower (Helianthus annuus ? 16%), and pine (Pinus spp. ? 7%).
>What can a beekeeper do to ensure that the nutritional requirements of the colony are met? A beekeeper should make certain that plants in the area actually provide pollen. For example, bees do not forage on many ornamental plants, so not all blooming flowers are attractive to bees. Also, the volume of pollen produced by a plant is not correlated necessarily to a bee's use of that plant's pollen. Pine trees, for example, produce copious amounts of protein-poor pollen but typically are not visited by honey bees.