How To Use Honey B Healthy
Many claim that these essential oils seem to stimulate the immune system of the honey bee.
How to use honey b healthy. It includes sugar water lecithin granules spearmint water and lemongrass oil. Use with amino b booster item no. Honey bee healthy 5 cups water 2 1 2 pounds sugar 1 8 tsp. 182 interpretation no difference detected between groups survey question 19. Follow feeding directions on package.
It is best to feed our honey bee products in enclosed feeders. Fd451 and vitamin b healthy item no. Homemade honey b healthy. Fd452 for even greater results. Here is the recipe for honey bee healthy that my dad uses.
Use these quick reference guides for mixing our products. It will stimulate the desire to feed and therefore adding this to your sugar syrup will ensure the bees take it faster and it also adds many nutrients the bees need especially in the spring and fall or anytime there is a nectar dearth on. Honey b healthy use a comparison of average winter colony mortality among beekeepers who reported treating feeding or not treating feeding with honey b healthy between april 2010 and march 2011. Honey b healthy is great when introducing a new queen too these essential oils have long been used by beekeepers and found to be very good for bees. This helps to prevent evaporation and keeps the syrup clean.
He feeds this to them once the honey flow has stopped. Use it in late winter early spring and during nectar shortages to boost your colony s health. You can make gallons for the price of a store bought bottle of hbh. Bring the water to a boil and integrate the sugar until. Much less expensive and just as effective as the real thing.
Helps provide needed nutrients to build and maintain a strong bee immune system under environmental and nutritional stresses. H b h stands for honey bee healthy he makes his own but you can buy it too. A good enclosed feeding application can be obtained in quart jars on top of the hive. Honey bee healthy is a product used by many beekeepers to spur feeding behavior in honey bees. 5 cups water 2 pounds of sugar 1 8 teaspoon lecithin granules used as an emulsifier 15 drops spearmint oil 15 drops lemongrass oil.