Experiment has been done by beekeepers, put the honey powder comb directly outside or indoors without any treatment. About a month after the honey powder comb placed outdoors is exposed to the wind and the sun, the honeycomb begins to mold, but there is no abnormal phenomenon in the pollen. In the end, the coomb worms were moldy and rotted, and the pollen deteriorated only when the nest room was broken. The spoiled pollen turns darker, and the surface dries out and becomes moldy.
However, the honey powder comb placed indoors began to deteriorate after half a year due to the growth of broodworms and broken nests. The performance of deterioration is also that the color becomes darker, and then mold grows. I have tasted it, and even the darkened pollen tastes the same, and it seems to be edible. Of course, these superficial phenomena do not necessarily prove that the pollen has deteriorated, only testing can prove it.
Therefore, pollen is not the same as bee food. Although bees simply process and brew pollen, although only a certain amount of digestive enzymes and honey are mixed in, the proportion is correct and clever, which promotes the fermentation of pollen and breaks the wall, and produces lactic acid bacteria , so that pollen that is easy to deteriorate and difficult to digest and absorb becomes bee food that is easy to digest and absorb but not easy to deteriorate. This is the magic of bee brewing and the wisdom of bees, which makes people marvel.
Beekeepers should understand that the pollen collected by bees cannot be eaten directly, only bee food is the food for larvae and young bees. The nutritional value of bee food is much higher than that of pollen. Beekeepers should know how to use the bee food stored in the comb and not waste it.
