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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: The15thMember on July 12, 2022, 08:20:44 pm
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Most of my family has been sick over the weekend, including myself, and lost in the shuffle was the fact that I have a pollen trap on one of my hives, which went unemptied for four days. As a result there was a ton of pollen in the drawer, some of it still nice, but some of it moldy and caked on the bottom of the tray. There was one hive beetle and a few waxworms hiding in the corner of the drawer. I froze the loose pollen I could dump out, mostly just to kill the pests, and then scrubbed out the drawer of the really gross stuff. My question is, is there anything I can do to salvage that pollen that isn't moldy? The good stuff and the bad stuff are obviously all mixed together. It's probably a lost cause, but I just thought I'd ask before I throw it all out. The amount of waste just makes me want to cry. :cry:
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Understandable.. Life happens to all of us. I can't offer advice to salvage any of the pollen, but offer a shoulder to cry on about it anytime. Clean it up and keep on going is the best you can do in that situation!
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Understandable.. Life happens to all of us. I can't offer advice to salvage any of the pollen, but offer a shoulder to cry on about it anytime. Clean it up and keep on going is the best you can do in that situation!
Thanks, Lazy. It's frustrating, but I guess there's no crying over spilled milk, err, pollen.
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Freeze all of it and feed back to the bees this winter.
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Freeze all of it and feed back to the bees this winter.
Does it matter for the bees that some of it is moldy?
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Bees work with mold easily. No problem there.
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Bees work with mold easily. No problem there.
Well great! Then it's not a total loss after all! I've never fed pollen before, I don't usually need to around here. Will they take it as is? Can I feed it inside the hive, like in a shallow dish with a shim, or will it draw hive beetles?
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I haven't either. We'll have to wait on G3.
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The few times in our winter that I offer pollen its defiantly outside the hive in one of these. If they want it, its like a robbing frenzy. Mine hangs from a low tree limb.
https://carolinahoneybees.com/make-a-pollen-feeder/
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The few times in our winter that I offer pollen its defiantly outside the hive in one of these. If they want it, its like a robbing frenzy. Mine hangs from a low tree limb.
https://carolinahoneybees.com/make-a-pollen-feeder/
Thanks @RAST (https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=228) . I'll take a look at those plans.