as if it’s a necessary step. But pollen substitute is anoptionyou don’t always need. If you determine your bees need it, then “right now” is the best answer. If they don’t need it, don’t give it to them.
I added that hive back into my weekly feed check and kept giving them more. After a couple weeks, I addedpollen pattieswhich disappeared as well. By late March, bees were boiling out of the entrance. Within that six-week period, my smallest colony (which I called my dead colony) became...
Pollen patties made of oak or rapeseed bee pollen were given to young worker bees, and the harvested royal jelly was analyzed for its chemical composition, which is of nutritional importance. Surprisingly, the nutritional levels of the pollen patties did not significantly impact ...
Our Winter-Bee-Kind provide both carbohydrates and protein for your bees and provides upper vent/exit and 1” of upper insulation to help reduce excessive condensation. Many of you have been purchasing pollen patties from us and I’m glad to see that. While it is not as necessary with the...
Hive population continues to drop and Drones start to disappear. The Queen is laying fewer eggs. Some or all colonies may need feeding. Some or all colonies may need Re-Queening. Pollen should only be fed dry in outside feeders or mixed in syrup. No patties should be fed due to increase...
Using improved methods, colonies of honey bees, Apis mellifera, selected and bred for resistance and for susceptibility to chalkbrood disease caused by the fungus, Ascosphaera apis, were inoculated with the pathogen in pollen patties. Good hygienic behavior, defined as uncapping and removal of freez...
disease-free bees. 5 frames have grown into two packed 10-frame deeps with every frame filled. Feeling very confident that with a strong overwintering, we will be doing splits next year with these two hives. MegaBee is super easy to use. We create patties for our hives; quickly and eff...
For its part, the use of bee pollen extract significantly increased the thickness of the films, by around 30%. The increased thickness of the films due to the effect of the Conclusion The use of bee extracts modifies the physical properties and the antioxidant and antibacterial characteristics ...
Small but mighty: mites in the beehive HopGuard: the new Varroa pesticide Grease patties help control winter mites A day in the life: why do I do this? Varroa mites feed on honey bee hemolymph Reduce varroa mites by culling honey bee drones ...
They are now in their new bee yard with a second box on top, and although the photo was taken before I finished, with a collar on top that has a feeder and a pollen patty in it, and a mouse guard on the front (the one seen lying on top of the hive). ...