Feeds
Like all living things, honey bees rely on food to obtain the necessary nutrients to function. Without the right diet, honey bees can’t do all the work necessary to keep their hive running smoothly. Dadant & Sons’ honey bee food can provide nutrients when natural supplies are not available to both sustain or stimulate bees. When bees produce honeycomb, they need 6 to 8 pounds of honey for every 1 pound of bee wax. As long as your bees are producing bee wax, keeping a bee feeder in the hive can help speed up that process. Beekeepers can also stimulate the honey bees into raising a brood before the natural stimulants are abundant by using Brood Builder Dry or Brood Builder Patties.
Oftentimes, feeding bees during the spring lets them get a head start on the spring flowers and will help the bees build up the colony for the honey flow that follows the spring build-up. With more mouths to feed, a colony will appreciate extra help to sustain itself during the early spring months.
