Back around Easter, they were packing it in. It seems now that we had some cold and wet nights, the pollen is gone. I don't want to inspect all my splits until I hit the 30 mark. I have been top feeding a little syrup ,
but since they were broodless for 3 weeks, I should be OK if they are low on pollen right? I have a little bit of patties in the freeze, maybe throw some on tomorrow.
Rookie,
Bees will survive all winter with no pollen as long as they have honey and no brood. They usually store the pollen in the fall so that they will have it to start raising brood before the pollen actually starts coming in.
Jim