When the pollen stops

[LeaBees]

As a newbeek I find I'm spending prob way too much time wondering what the bees are up to and have found myself regularly going to check/watch their flight! Yes I am a bit obsessed.. I noticed periods where I could see no bees returning with filled pollen sacs and am wondering what it means for the hive development when the pollen stops at this stage.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

As a newbeek I find I'm spending prob way too much time wondering what the bees are up to and have found myself regularly going to check/watch their flight! Yes I am a bit obsessed.. I noticed periods where I could see no bees returning with filled pollen sacs and am wondering what it means for the hive development when the pollen stops at this stage.

a single bee doesn't forage for both pollen and nectar at the same time, sometimes it's just the majority of the workforce prioritises one over the other.

 

[beeno]

Some bees collect nectar, some pollen and some both. The colony needs little pollen unless they have open or emerging brood. Unless the bees are in a monocrop area I would not be overly concerned. It is important that they have pollen when they raise their winter bees, but they usually store a lot of pollen for that. As a matter of interest one of my colonies had three frames 14X12 of pollen stores a couple of weeks ago. They raised 6 frames of brood and it is all gone. They know what they are doing even if we sometimes don't.

 

[LeaBees]

Thank you all.. Will be checking at next inspection for state of affairs.