Bee feeding - market research

anniep · Feb 25, 2020

Hey guys,

It's me again ! I have a question to ask you about bee feeding, it is to do with market research that i am carrying out on bee farming in the UK.

What are your thoughts on bee feeding ?
Do you regularly use bee feeds such as syrups , fondants, cakes ?
If so, what brands do you use?

Thank you so much for your help,
Any answers would be greatly appreciated and will help me towards my dissertation.

Best regards,
Annie

masterBK · Feb 25, 2020

Sugar syrup made from British sugar beet (purchased for no more than 50p per Kg and often much less). In the past have fed pollen supplement patties using pollen collected the previous year using pollen traps (and frozen to preserve it) to build colonies up for early flows like Oil seed rape. These days don't bother as plenty of blackthorn flowering nearby. Very occasionally (ie every 15 years or so) use bakers fondant in february to feed a few of colonies getting low on stores.

For want of a better word · Feb 26, 2020

masterBK said:
Sugar syrup made from British sugar beet (purchased for no more than 50p per Kg and often much less). In the past have fed pollen supplement patties using pollen collected the previous year using pollen traps (and frozen to preserve it) to build colonies up for early flows like Oil seed rape. These days don't bother as plenty of blackthorn flowering nearby. Very occasionally (ie every 15 years or so) use bakers fondant in february to feed a few of colonies getting low on stores.

ditto