pollen in the comb

Started by Dick Allen, July 05, 2006, 01:42:10 PM

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Dick Allen

July 05, 2006, 01:42:10 PM
:?: My first time doing cut comb honey. Squeezed all the brood and bees into a single deep, put on a queen excluder, then added the super with the comb foundation. At first, I used an upper entrance, but the other day I saw a few cells packed with pollen, so I closed that entrance off. The super is filling nicely, so today I added a second super of comb foundation. There was a bee wandering around above the queen excluder with pollen in her baskets and a couple more cells had a little pollen in them. Is that to be expected? I don't suppose there is any way to prevent some of the cells from having pollen deposited into them is there?

Michael Bush

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July 05, 2006, 10:59:22 PM
Sort out the ones with pollen in them after you cut them.  Charge 50 cents extra for these.  There are people who WANT the pollen.  It's all in the marketing.
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Dick Allen

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July 06, 2006, 02:29:57 AM
OK Michael, thanks for the tip!  :lol:
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