Hard Working Bees Need Pollen! by Heather Mattila

This lecture was given at the 2017 National Honey Show entitled "Hard Working Bees need Pollen!" by Heather Mattila. The National Honey Show gratefully acknowledge the Worshipful Company of for their support and the sponsorship by Bermondsey Street Bees.
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[@showmebees9431]

Excellent presentation! I can certainly see how pollen stress as you described can send a colony into a spiral. If all the nurse bees in a colony are pollen stressed they make less frequent and more brief visits to the brood and perpetuate the pollen stress to successive generations. Very thought provoking.

[@OklahomaBeekeeper]

Learned things that I had never thought about before. Thank you for sharing your work and findings.

[@tomdowser]

Confirmed my suspicions, thank you for sharing. Well organized and thought provoking. Cheers

[@user-rd5dr1tb3h]

Nice , we sell honey and bee products since 1986 ,

[@PJMDS]

Very interesting topic and good speaker, thanks

[@nailladi1]

Amazing info, thank you.

[@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog]

Can you mitigate the stress issues by feeding Protein supplements ?

[@bwiagriculturenetwork6964]

Well done...

[@bradgoliphant]

Hello--question for you. Why would we not feed bees "regular ground organic pollen" without all the substitutes? Is there a reason why I would not want to do this and use the substitute instead? I'm personally not a fan of feeding bees essential oils. But what are your thoughts. Thanks.

[@cqammaz53]

It is late July and I have had my 1 deep box for 1 month now. I'm very concern about the health of my new Italian bees. I was told not to add pollen to the sugar water ONLY add 1/4 tsp to a gallon of sugar water of Honey B Healthy so the bees can have enough food for this winter. Do you agree with that dietary suggesting or do you feel I should add pollen supplement to the sugar water? Now or in the future months, I think the bees are bringing in some pollen from my area. and yes most of my neighbors do have some flowers.

[@irhunter]

Great presentation. Answers questions about current issue in my apiary. I know research funding is always an issue, but have you considered using optical scanners?

[@jasongentry7405]

I can't help but wonder about mite loads. That is a variable, unless I missed it, that was not talked about and would be influential.

[@charlesoneill466]

I feed my bees pollen patties. Sometimes whole frames will be filled with pollen. Can their be too much pollen? Thanks

[@adiqais]

what exactly do you mean by stressed workers?

[@joejohnson9796]

not having enough pollen during the 5-6 days of larva development.

[@fisherofmen1776]

I have colonys with way to much pollen. How does this happen? I'm having to thin it out so the queen will not swarm.