BEE HEALTH RECIPES

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5 lbs Dry Sugar

3/4 c. Water

2 tsp. Honey Bee Healthy or for protein use the Honey Bee Healthy Protein/Amino Acid substitute

2 tsp. Vinegar

DIRECTIONS

Mix all ingredients, the consistency will be similar to pie crust dough.  Spread in two 8" x 8" rectangular pans. Bake at 200 for 1 1/2 to 2 hours until top is crusty, middle will be jiggly.  After cooling the candy board will harden.  

The only reason to bake this is if you want it to be a solid brick otherwise you can place it on top of wax paper within your hive. Great source for food supplement for your honey bees through winter.

Late Winter/Early Spring Feeding - use a 1:1 syrup ratio using 1 pound of water (2 cups) to 1 pound of sugar.

Fall Feeding (if not enough honey was left on the hive after the honey flow), make a 2:1 syrup using 2 pounds of sugar per pound of water.

DIRECTIONS 

Completely dissolve the sugar in the water by heating the water on a stove top (don't boil just get it warm enough for the sugar to dissolve), add the sugar and stir until the liquid becomes clear.  Remove from heat and cool before feeding it to your bees. 

3 Parts soy flour
1 Part brewer’s yeast
1 Part dry milk (instant or non-instant baker’s milk)
1 teaspoon vitamin C (for every 6 cups of mixture)

It is best to measure these ingredients by weight instead of volume. For example, if you use three pounds of soy, use one pound of yeast and one pound of dry milk.

DIRECTIONS

1. Put the the first three ingredients in a bowl.
2. Take some vitamin C tablets and crush into a powder.
3. Add one teaspoon of crushed vitamin C for every six cups of mix.
4. Thoroughly combine the ingredients.
5. In the winter, the dry mix can sprinkled on the top bars or put in a feeder above the brood box. In the early spring, the mix can be placed in a bird feeder or other covered container near the hive.