How to Make a Pollen Patty

How to make a pollen patty for a yard beehive to enhance the manufacturing of baby bees and enhance the vitality of the colony within the weeks previous the Spring honey circulate.

I not too long ago made a pollen patty for the very first time to present extra nourishment for my yard beehive.

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Why Make a Pollen Patty?

As a new beekeeper, the aim of this pollen patty is to nourish the colony within the weeks previous the Spring honey circulate.

The pollen patty encourages the manufacturing of baby bees and development of the hive.

I plan to break up the hive within the Spring. This extra nourishment supplied by a pollen patty will facilitate this course of.

There are many alternative recipes for pollen patties to attempt in case you are a novice beekeeper like me.

One college of thought is to go away the bees alone and never present a pollen patty in any respect.

Others recommend pollen patties which are boosted with essential oils. I’ve not used this method but as I’m nonetheless within the means of researching the professionals and cons.

For now, I’m utilizing the fundamental pollen patty recipe supplied by my beekeeping mentor.

This is the recipe he makes use of within the administration of the half dozen or so hives he maintains at our group vegetable farm.

Pollen Patty Recipe

How to make a pollen patty to nourish a yard beehive within the manufacturing of baby bees and enhance colony vitality earlier than Spring honey circulate.

Instructions

1. Mix the Bee-Pro, sugar, honey, and non-compulsory Apis Biologix powder with the filtered water in a bowl to kind a dough ball.

3. Line a small pan (I exploit 12×8) with a equally sized sheet of wax paper or uncoated patapar paper (NOT parchment paper).

4. Pour within the pollen patty dough and unfold to roughly 1/4 inch thickness.

5. Place the pan within the freezer for no less than 4 hours (this makes elimination the best).

6. When prepared, take away pan from the freezer and minimize a small sq. of the frozen patty together with the paper. The sq. ought to be about 1/6 of the entire pan (about 4×4 inches).

7. Place the patty face down within the beehive you might be feeding, ideally on prime of present brood frames. This patty shall be consumed inside about 2-3 days.

   If your hive has a number of ranges, place the patty face down on the queen excluder between the first backside field and the field instantly above it.

8. In one week, take away the paper left from the consumed patty and exchange it with a freshly minimize sq..

   Repeat each week for 6-7 weeks till the complete patty is gone and Spring honey circulate season begins!