I have a big bag of natural pollen in the refrigerator that was supposed to be
for a friend's allergies.

He's now not going to use it, and I was wondering if it could be fed to the bees
(safely). It has a hive-like smell and crumbles into moist meal when you roll
it between fingertips. It's in pellets like it was stripped off bees in a pollen
trap maybe?

Is pollen good for anything other than bee food? Seems a shame to leave it
sitting, will it eventually spoil?

If it can be fed, how do you do it?

On another note, I went in today and removed the empty queen cage. I put on my
nice new bee-proof suit but it was more bother than it was worth. The bees
didn't seem to notice me at all. I have pollen coming in and lots of activity.
there's a new comb and some new white wax on areas of the old combs. No eggs
that i could see from the windows yet, but there could be some closer to the
center where I can't see.

David, they have not shredded or dismantled the old comb, they are cleaning out
the remaining few dead bees stuck in the cells and have polished everything.
They've built out some areas with new wax too. This their 6th complete day in
the hive.

Chris in NY