Apimix 10kg

01 · THE PLASTIC STAYS

Leave part of the wrapper inside: that is what stops them drowning

This is the mistake that costs bees, and several customers describe it: when you open the bag, do not take all the plastic off. Cut just enough and leave part of the wrapper floating or sunk into the syrup itself, so the bee has somewhere to stand while she drinks. Without that footing, in weak colonies a lot of them drown — the syrup is fluid and the one that slips does not get out. If you would rather not depend on that, empty it into a feeder with floats.

02 · WHICH SUGARS IT CARRIES

Direct monosaccharides and nothing the bee cannot digest

The blend is 52 ± 2 % fructose and 48 ± 2 % dextrose on dry matter, with no sucrose — sugars the bee assimilates directly, without spending her own invertase splitting them. It carries no polysaccharides, the higher sugars a bee does not digest and which turn up in syrups obtained by starch hydrolysis, and HMF stays under 20 ppm. The high fructose content is also what keeps it from crystallising in cold areas, so the bag stays available even as the temperature drops.

03 · WHEN AND HOW

Ready to use: 34 % water, no need to dilute

At 34 % water and 66 °Brix, this syrup already arrives at working density: it does not need water added, unlike the thick syrups. It is the stimulation format — it goes fast — as against a fondant, which is for maintenance. And precisely because it is taken so quickly, be careful not to spill outside the hive: a few drops on the apiary floor and the smell of sugar sets off robbing.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It is syrup, not paste: for starting the queen laying or covering a gap with the colony active. To hold stores over months, a fondant lasts better. And the standing rule: do not feed during a flow if you are going to harvest that honey for sale.