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How much fake honey is sold in stores? According to many sources, it is up to 76%!
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I put this candy board sugar recipe on every hive I have in the winter, even if the hive seems to have adequate stores of honey. The way I see it, sugar costs me $0.50 a pound, and a NUC or package cost me over $100. To me, that just makes common sense.
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You may have heard of fondant and that many beekeepers are feeding bees fondant. It is the sugar putty on many decorative cakes you see in bakeries and like the Bee cake pictured above. It also makes a great food for honey bees.
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If you intend on feeding bees granulated sugar, you should only do so in emergencies such as when a bee colony is actively starving due to depleted stores of honey or nectar.
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Grease patties for bees and extender patties for bees are used to treat several different bee pests including tracheal mites, American foulbrood, European foulbrood and Varroa Destructor mites.
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Need a Honey Bee Healthy recipe for making your own Honey Bee Healthy supplement? With the price of the actual product being over $120 per gallon, it makes sense to make your own for pennies on the dollar.