{"id":489,"date":"2019-01-23T13:46:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/?page_id=489"},"modified":"2021-09-05T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T09:49:09","slug":"recipes-for-bees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/recipes-for-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipes for Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1:1 Sugar Syrup (Spring)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>4 lbs sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/2 gallon water (approx. 4.17 lbs)<\/li>\r\n<li>2 tsp Honey B Healthy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Heat water to melt sugar and remove from heat. Mix well until dissolved and add Honey B Healthy while cooling. Allow to cool to room temperature. Serve to bees using feeder of choice. This syrup will stimulate wax building, brood rearing and colony production.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>2:1 Sugar Syrup (Fall)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>8 lbs sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/2 gallon water (approx. 4.17 lbs)<\/li>\r\n<li>1 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Heat water to melt sugar and remove from heat. Mix well until dissolved. Allow to cool to room temperature. Serve to bees using feeder of choice. This syrup will stimulate storage of feed into cells as part of winter prep. Avoid essential oils \/ Honey B Healthy to decrease robbing.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Pollen Patties\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Spring)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>1 lb of dry pollen substitute<\/li>\r\n<li>1 3\/4 cup cold water<\/li>\r\n<li>4 1\/2 cups of sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>1 tsp Honey B Healthy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Heat water and melt the sugar to make a syrup.\u00a0 Take off heat and allow to cool. Add honey-b healthy. In a separate bowl, gradually mix pollen substitute and syrup together.\u00a0 Keep adding pollen substitute and syrup while mixing until the mixture reaches the consistency of peanut butter. Measure desired weights of patties and place on wax paper. Feed patties on top of frames and centered on the cluster of bees. Store extra patties in freezer and bring to room temperature before feeding.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sugar Cake\u00a0\/\u00a0Sugar\u00a0Block\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Winter)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>5 lbs sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>1 cup cold water<\/li>\r\n<li>1.5 tsp apple cider vinegar<\/li>\r\n<li>2 tsp Honey B Healthy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Mix together in large pot. \u00a0Pour mixture in disposable pie or cookie sheets.\u00a0 Place in over with light on (no heat).\u00a0 Content will turn into a hard block of sugar.\u00a0 No cooking required.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Fondant\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Winter)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>4 cups of water<\/li>\r\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\r\n<li>10 lbs sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/2 tsp cream of tartar<\/li>\r\n<li>1.5 tsp apple cider vinegar<\/li>\r\n<li>2 tsp Honey B Healthy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Heat water and salt first.\u00a0 Add half the sugar while constantly stirring, then the other half when dissolved. \u00a0Heat mixture to 234 degrees for soft-ball.\u00a0 Add cream of tartar at 220.\u00a0 Constantly stir mixture. Once temperature is reached, take off the heat and cool to 215.\u00a0 Whip\/mix for 5 minutes with beater till white in color (not required, but makes a less dense fondant).\u00a0 Add honey-b-healthy and\/or pollen substitute (if desired) during mixing. Pour into disposable pie plates or cookie sheets. Let sit so it hardens \/ cools before cutting into desired sizes for your hives.\u00a0 Wrap in wax paper and store in the freezer until needed.\u00a0 Let fondant come to room temperature before feeding it to the bees.\u00a0 Yields about 11 lbs of fondant.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1:1 Sugar Syrup (Spring) 4 lbs sugar 1\/2 gallon water (approx. 4.17 lbs) 2 tsp Honey B Healthy Heat water to melt sugar and remove from heat. Mix well until dissolved and add Honey B Healthy while cooling. Allow to cool to room temperature. Serve to bees using feeder of choice. This syrup will stimulate&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/recipes-for-bees\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recipes for Bees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-489","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":853,"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/489\/revisions\/853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nadeaufarms.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}