open feeding pollen substitute

Finski · January 18, 2011, 02:00:09 AM

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I have 30 hives in my cottage yard. Bees even fight on water sources. What a riot to put honey outside!

Once I gives outside irradiated pollen. Many hive start to forage it but in autumn one hive had congured the whole spot. 20 more got nothing.

BjornBee · January 18, 2011, 07:48:26 AM

Quote from: iddee on January 17, 2011, 06:00:27 PM
Joke or not, how would you feel if someone posted a reply like that to your post? No, there's no honey involved. That's the way they take it.

Thanks iddee.

The comment kind of threw me off. Was it a joke? Was it a serious? Would others reading this take it serious? I mean it only takes one idiot to believe it, then start assuming that this was the case, based on a small innocent jab and some humor.

I was going to respond sooner, but thought, if I did, it would seem defensive, or the joke was on me by allowing a reply and someone yankin my chain.

I'm glad you stepped in and actually set everybody straight before people started responding with crazy talk of people open feeding honey. :shock:

BjornBee · January 18, 2011, 07:54:50 AM

Quote from: Finski on January 18, 2011, 02:00:09 AM
I have 30 hives in my cottage yard.

No wonder the fighting. ;)

Quote from: Finski on January 18, 2011, 02:00:09 AM
Bees even fight on water sources.

Put out more... ;)

Quote from: Finski on January 18, 2011, 02:00:09 AM
What a riot to put honey outside!

It was a joke. Quit thinking the worst of us stupid Americans.

Quote from: Finski on January 18, 2011, 02:00:09 AM
Once I gives outside irradiated pollen. Many hive start to forage it but in autumn one hive had congured the whole spot. 20 more got nothing.

I would do something different. It sounds like you are a bad beekeeper to allow this to happen.

Myself.....an easy glance at the many hives in my backyard told me they were all getting some. The pollen supplement was a particular color and it was going in all the hives.

VolunteerK9 · January 18, 2011, 10:41:57 AM

I still think its an awesome picture.

Finski · January 18, 2011, 10:54:34 AM

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Surely I love to watch how bees collect pollen. I have tried many plants.
This is one of the best: Verbascus nigrum Finland x Vn Yogoslavia

This has a little bit hybrid vigour.

One plant in this picture

BjornBee · January 18, 2011, 11:50:05 AM

Quote from: VolunteerK9 on January 18, 2011, 10:41:57 AM
I still think its an awesome picture.

Thank you K9. ;)

jlk · January 23, 2011, 04:37:25 PM

Thanks everyone, the open feeding of soy flour is going great.On warm days they are all over it loading up their pollen baskets with it and carrying it back to their hives. thanks...JOHN :)

DRONEMAN · January 23, 2011, 08:28:37 PM

BJORNBEE VERY GOOD INFO ON OPEN FEEDING BEE POLLEN THIS KIND OF INFO SHOULD GO IN AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL MY POLLEN SUBS GET WORKED OVER JUST LIKE YOURS NO HONEY ADDED AND THEY LOVE IT