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Title: Pollen processing
Post by: slacker361 on December 23, 2010, 11:52:13 PM
Ok been searching all day and haven't found info on this. I know that you can dry it, freeze it, but how do you clean it, and just basic processing of the pollen?
Title: Re: Pollen processing
Post by: Robo on December 24, 2010, 12:10:46 AM
http://www.kelleybees.com/CMS/CMSPage.aspx?redirect=n-3-7fb97510-65f1-4ec9-b95b-acbffef9f4f9 (http://www.kelleybees.com/CMS/CMSPage.aspx?redirect=n-3-7fb97510-65f1-4ec9-b95b-acbffef9f4f9)
Title: Re: Pollen processing
Post by: slacker361 on December 24, 2010, 02:15:43 AM
Wow I should have asked sooner.  I would have saved hours of searching.  Thanks
Title: Re: Pollen processing
Post by: Brian D. Bray on December 24, 2010, 10:52:34 PM
Nice reference Robo.  Salvage the cooling fan out of a discarded computer and make a pollen cleaner for a few bucks and save $90.00.                                                                   
Title: Re: Pollen processing
Post by: slacker361 on December 24, 2010, 11:35:49 PM
Brian I would do that , if i could see one working first, then i could have an idea on how one works
Title: Re: Pollen processing
Post by: rdy-b on December 24, 2010, 11:39:29 PM
  stand in front of a fan-pour the pollen from one container to another slowly and repeat
this will get most of the bee parts (wings legs and such) -RDY-B