Apifonda 12,5kg (2,5kg bags)

01 · THE 2.5 KG BAG

It gives you time, and it splits when you need it to

The 2.5 kg format is the one that lasts between inspections without having to come back the following week: lay the bag over the frames, open it just enough and the colony works through it. And if a hive is weak and does not warrant a full ration, the paste cuts with a clean knife and you give half. Five bags per box: convenient sharing for a mid-sized apiary.

02 · WHY IT SOMETIMES GOES HARD

A fondant dries out if you open it too much or leave it away from the cluster

It is the complaint that comes up now and then, and it has an explanation: fondant does not harden from cold, it hardens because it loses moisture. Two causes, both avoidable. One, opening the wrapper too much: cut just enough and leave the plastic on, which is what stops it drying. Two, placing it away from where the bees are: in winter the colony only works what it can warm, so the bag goes against the cluster, over the frames they are sitting on and not off in a corner.

03 · ENERGY, NOT PROTEIN

It covers carbohydrates; if pollen is short, that is another problem

Apifonda provides carbohydrates: energy for warmth, activity and maintenance when honey stores are tight. What it does not do is cover a pollen shortfall — that calls for a protein patty or a substitute, and those are different products. It fits pre-wintering, coming out of winter, drought, hornet pressure or long gaps between flows: the moments when you open up and see little honey in the top bars.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Against the vitamin fondant, this is the plain one: softer and without such a strict temperature limit, but without the vitamin contribution. And if you get through volume, there is a 800 kg pallet. The standing rule: do not feed during a flow if you are going to harvest that honey for sale.