Honeybees need pollen to raise baby bees. This process starts inside the warm cluster months before Spring. Pollen was gathered during the fall and stored for this purpose. If weather conditions do not allow good fall pollen foraging, the bees can be in a pollen deficit. I filled my pollen bucket about 10 days ago - today it was empty !
I filled the pollen bucket and about 20 minutes later..... a crowd had gathered. This pollen will be used to raise young bees that will be responsible for gathering nectar to make honey for them, me and maybe you.
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