Finman
Queen Bee
- Joined
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- Location
- Finland, Helsinki
- Hive Type
- Langstroth
What about skimmed milk. Laboratories say that is not usefull to bees but beekeepers use it however.
We may look what it contains.
http://www.fineli.fi/food.php?foodid=672&lang=en
First is that 50% of it's weight is lactose. Bees cannot eate it.
The rest is good protein, very near of bees' needs, but there is a lack of one amino acid .
The balance of aminoacid in milk protein per needed by bees
Bees will use protein acccording minimum aminoacid.
Need milk's
bees' a-acids ............................milk/need
5,3 3,3 Arginine 62 %
2,5 2,6 Histidine 104 %
5,1 4,3 Isoleucine 84 %
7,1 9,2 Leucine 130 %
6,4 7,8 Lysine 122 %
1,9 2,5 Methionine 132 %
4,1 5,6 Phenyalalamine 137 %
4,1 4,5 Threomine 110 %
1,4 it is, but not seen Trypotophane
5,8 5,7 Valine 98 %
Scimmed milk is very expencive compared to soya and dried yeast.
Alltogether, about 30% of skimmed milk is valuable to bees.
.
We may look what it contains.
http://www.fineli.fi/food.php?foodid=672&lang=en
First is that 50% of it's weight is lactose. Bees cannot eate it.
The rest is good protein, very near of bees' needs, but there is a lack of one amino acid .
The balance of aminoacid in milk protein per needed by bees
Bees will use protein acccording minimum aminoacid.
Need milk's
bees' a-acids ............................milk/need
5,3 3,3 Arginine 62 %
2,5 2,6 Histidine 104 %
5,1 4,3 Isoleucine 84 %
7,1 9,2 Leucine 130 %
6,4 7,8 Lysine 122 %
1,9 2,5 Methionine 132 %
4,1 5,6 Phenyalalamine 137 %
4,1 4,5 Threomine 110 %
1,4 it is, but not seen Trypotophane
5,8 5,7 Valine 98 %
Scimmed milk is very expencive compared to soya and dried yeast.
Alltogether, about 30% of skimmed milk is valuable to bees.
.
