Nozevit+ 50ml

01 · WHY THE GUT

Everything the bee takes from pollen goes through it

A bee does not benefit from pollen by having it: she benefits by digesting it. Every protein and amino acid that ends up in jelly, in brood and in the fat reserves of the winter bee passes through her gut first, so the state of that system sets how much the colony gets from what it eats. And that weighs most at two moments: in spring, when pollen has to become brood at speed, and in early autumn, when the winter bee is being built — the one that has to live months, not weeks. Hence this product's calendar is those two periods and no others.

02 · WHAT IS IN IT

Bark extract, mint and water, nothing of animal origin

The composition is short and exclusively of plant origin: plant bark extract, mint oil and purified water, with citric acid (E330) as an additive. The extracts are highly refined and it contains no pollen and no material of animal origin, which avoids the sanitary risk of bringing foreign pollen into the apiary. The maker further declares that it leaves no residue in honey or wax, consistent with a plant compound — and a real difference from any synthetic treatment, which does force you to watch the harvest calendar.

03 · DOSE AND CALENDAR

1 ml per hive, four times a year

The dose is 1 ml — about 20 drops — per hive per application, dissolved in some 200 ml of 1:1 syrup. The annual protocol is four applications: two in spring and two in early autumn, with 10 days between the two of each period. If you do not feed syrup, it can go into the protein patty at 1 ml per 500 g, or be sprayed over the bees — no equipment and no deep opening of the hive. The 50 ml bottle covers the full annual protocol for 12 hives, or a two-application season for 25. Shake before use and, once opened, keep it refrigerated.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Worth saying plainly, because the name misleads: it is a feed, not a treatment. It supports management and nutrition; health control — diagnosis included — goes its own way, with an authorised product. If you suspect nosema, what you need is a test and your vet or animal-health group, not a supplement.