Yes there is a small market for it.
I bought a nice pollen trap a lot of years ago from thornes, really well made in cedar 18 inch square with a big drawer at the back. Like you I got lots of pollen BUT...soon discovered that the hive stopped building up and went into early decline the reason being that it was being starved of pollen so dont keep the trap on the whole time. Not sure if the CSI project takes this into consideration ?
I am collecting pollen at Minnowburn for the CSI project. The traps are left on for 1-3 days at 3 week intervals.
I am using the Thorne 'fairweather' traps which are not so good but you usually get enough for a sample.
Yeh, its amazing all the different colors that you get.
I am getting 5 or 6 pollen types on average.
I was at one of those 'health food/organic-type cafes on Sunday where they were selling pollen in jars for £££ … can't remember what I'm afraid, but they had some very ordinary honey for £7.15/lb on the same shelf if I remember correctly.Originally Posted by greengumbo
When I set up the Ben Harden queen rearing upper box I often just use a frame of drawn comb sprinkled liberally with pollen (by which I mean a few tablespoons full of the stuff) facing the grafted queens. It all goes …
What about this stuff on eBay … which appears to be collected by a very hoverfly-looking bee
Last edited by fatshark; 26-05-2015 at 01:00 PM. Reason: eBay link
I am going to try my first grafts of the season this weekend so will pop some pollen in the upper box as you describe FSI was at one of those 'health food/organic-type cafes on Sunday where they were selling pollen in jars for £££ … can't remember what I'm afraid, but they had some very ordinary honey for £7.15/lb on the same shelf if I remember correctly.
When I set up the Ben Harden queen rearing upper box I often just use a frame of drawn comb sprinkled liberally with pollen (by which I mean a few tablespoons full of the stuff) facing the grafted queens. It all goes …
What about this stuff on eBay … which appears to be collected by a very hoverfly-looking bee
I even prepared and got some lovely paintbrushes as described on some blog
The page won't open here because of "legal restrictions in certain countries" !!!!!!!!
Apparently pollen can be taken on a regular basis to help prevent prostate problems. Considering the general age of beekeepers.................
You don't want to go believing everything you read on the web young manI even prepared and got some lovely paintbrushes as described on some blog
Got back from Fife late last night where I left hundreds of scouts exploring my bait hive … here's hoping I've got a result when I return. My first grafts of the year have just gone into nucs for mating … the latest I've started for four or five years I reckon.
Here's the image from the eBay item … do these weird Spanish bees get into France as well Chris?
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Jackson Pollock(s) … spent the morning enthusiastically painting poly nucs with my new HVLP spray gun. So enthusiastic on the first coat that I forgot to put a sheet down first to catch the overspray …
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… which, since I'm red/green colourblind, looks just fine
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