Candipolline - opinions

[beecology]

Has anyone used this food? Ive bought some for use later on but haven't heard of any user experiences?

Apart from the spring build up and winter feeds, sellers claim good for june gap/dearth and for building up small colonies such as cast swarms.

So, has anyone used it and if so, have they seen positive results?

 

[Roola]

I've used it and the bees seem fairly happy with it. 1:1 would be better for swarms as it allows them to draw comb. I've added a bit between some greaseproof paper onto the top bars of a couple of my caught casts for this week as the weather looking unsettled so as insurance really. There are other threads in here discussing fondant with pollen and I was under the impression from them that the pollen content in them isn't particularly high.

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[Finman]

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It is sure that bees do not need pollen feeding in Summer.
If you buy that stuff, you pay only many fold price about sugar.
And to feed sugar to bees in summer is not honest honey production.

Quite a humbug. June gap means that there is not enough nectar flow plants in bloom, but bees get pollen from many sources.

2 kg is £ 20, is that true?

 

[Roola]

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It is sure that bees do not need pollen feeding in Summer.
If you buy that stuff, you pay only many fold price about sugar.
And to feed sugar to bees in summer is not honest honey production.

Quite a humbug. June gap means that there is not enough nectar flow plants in bloom, but bees get pollen from many sources.

2 kg is £ 20, is that true?

nah, that sounds a bit steep to me, think its about £5 per kilo.

 

[Finman]

nah, that sounds a bit steep to me, think its about £5 per kilo.

I saw the price in internet.
I do not know about it.

Another price I saw was £ 7 per kg.
What about posting cost?

 

[beecology]

I paid £13 for two kilo including postage but worth a try in winter - I like to treat the bees

 

[Finman]

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Bees must be in winter rest. No feeding at all. It is same in autumn.

It seems to be made in USA. They may have 25C in September in California, Texas and in Florida, and no flowers.