How we can store/ preserve or handle the pollen collected from bee colonies so as to feedback the bees during dearth periods to maintain the colony strength buildup? Please suggest.
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this article is related to the artificial pollen substitute diet for honeybees during the dearth period. Please read you may get some idea for your question.
Pollen can be stored in deep freezing (-20C) and defrosted to use as needed. That's what we do in our lab all the time. A better way to serve it to bees is by making a pollen cake -- grinding pollen and mixing it with a small amount of sugar water. They will eat raw pollen too, but pollen cake is easier to handle.
The collected pollen from pollen trap during clear sunny days should b transfer in airtight containers and it can be stored either in refrigrator in the areas where summer temperature rises upto 30 degree centigrade. However in cold climatic condition it can be either stored under normal room temperature..but refrigrator is recommended. Yes it can be use as feed for bee colonies during dearth period either as single feed or by mixing with other components ie soybean flour 'icing sugar'glucose'gram flour etc to make a patty and thn supply to bees as feed during dearth conditions.
Thank you Kh. Hamid Abbasi for your reply. You described it well. It helps to understand it more easily.
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