The beginning of the year was a bad one with having to feed bees and give pollen substitute to keep them going..
When they finally got going in May i had lost nearly all my spring crop and further down the weeks four colonies..the colony loss was unusual as i still had the four full of bees but virgins disappeared and some where not mated..(drone layers).. over the past month or so i have left a remaining two to it so the supers above can be capped of..in the mean time the brood frames are getting packed with pollen..
The other two colonies i shook out a while back give me more pollen than the substitute pack of pollen would give me and i have more to come..
Anyway i now have and will have double frozen over winter..
The Question is (Nigel) is the frozen pollen frames better than the substitute..
When they finally got going in May i had lost nearly all my spring crop and further down the weeks four colonies..the colony loss was unusual as i still had the four full of bees but virgins disappeared and some where not mated..(drone layers).. over the past month or so i have left a remaining two to it so the supers above can be capped of..in the mean time the brood frames are getting packed with pollen..
The other two colonies i shook out a while back give me more pollen than the substitute pack of pollen would give me and i have more to come..
Anyway i now have and will have double frozen over winter..
The Question is (Nigel) is the frozen pollen frames better than the substitute..