I found one of my hives completly robbed and killed. This hive was heavy alittle over a week ago. In the bottom they had stored five full frames of pollen that was left by the robbers. I put these in the freezer 2 days ago. How and when should I use these?
You can put a box full of pollen at the bottom of a hive overwintering to help them in the late winter with the "spring" buildup. Walt Wright calls his variation of this the "pollen box" maneuver.
i am so happy to know this...one of my hives HAS an entire deep full of pollen/beebread. I am reassured. And waiting on spring! :-D