pollen mixed in with honey super

[Dr. B in Wisconsin]

Hello
I did an inspection a few days ago ( Day 81) and saw on the middle super there was some pollen next to some capped honey. My question is will the bees take this out of storage and move it down to the brood chamber or might it just stay there the rest of the season in the honey super?? Also might they put honey on top of the pollen and cap it?? I suppose I could just wait and see but I am a curious.

Thanks
Brian

[AllenF]

They will take it if they need it.   That is why they store food.  And the pollen already has a little honey in it when they store it, but they will not cap it. 

[gardeningfireman]

It won't affect harvesting. When you run your honey through the screen, it will filter out any chunks of pollen or brood that may be in the supers.

[FRAMEshift]

They will take it if they need it.   That is why they store food.  And the pollen already has a little honey in it when they store it, but they will not cap it.  

Why will they not cap it?  My understanding is that the bees will pack in the pollen, then cover with a honey layer, and finally cap with wax.  I think the description I saw was that the capped pollen had a slightly depressed surface, compared to worker brood which is slightly raised, drone brood which is domed, and capped honey which has a white sheen.  Did I get this wrong?

Edit:  Ok to answer my own question... here is a thread dealing with the issue.   http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthread.php?p=397981

Some folks have reported pollen capped under honey in the winter.  Maybe the pollen cells are doing double duty for honey storage and it's really the honey that is being capped.

[bailey]

i get pollen in capped frames every fall.
i just extract as usual and then have the bees clean them up. anything left over winter is cleaned out by the bees and filled with honey the next spring.
bailey

[FRAMEshift]

i get pollen in capped frames every fall.
i just extract as usual and then have the bees clean them up. anything left over winter is cleaned out by the bees and filled with honey the next spring.
bailey

So you get capped cells with pollen only or is there honey in there too?  Do they look like capped honey cells or are they obviously different?