It is also the principal source of protein, fat and minerals to the honey bee diet. Pollen demand in the colony is related to the amount of unsealed brood. Bee's can not rear brood without pollen because the nurse bees would not be able to produce brood food from the hypopharyngeal glands. A strong colony will collect between 50 - 100lbs during a season. It requires 70 - 150mg of pollen to rear one adult bee.
Photographs courtesy of Morley Kingdom.
In A Swarm Photographs courtesy of Terry West Collecting a Swarm is not always easy as this series of photographs show. The swarm had been in the roof space of this house for some time, indicated by the amount of comb removed. These bees were successfully hived. This web site is maintained by Sue and Horace Malcolm . Please e-mail us with any comments or suggestions.