ApiTotal 12kg (2kg bags)

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Dulcofruct

ApiTotal 12kg (2kg bags)

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Syrup enriched with B-group vitamins, minerals and amino acids, in a ready-to-place bag: open it and rest it on the frames — nothing decanted, nothing to drown in. Fructose 38 %. A feed, not a treatment. 12 kg box holding six 2 kg bags.

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Details of ApiTotal 12kg (2kg bags)

38 %

FRUCTOSE

2 kg

PER BAG, READY TO PLACE

6 × 2 kg

BAGS · 12 kg BOX

READY

TO USE, NO MIXING

The fullest in the IdealApi range: on top of the sugars it adds B-group vitamins, minerals and amino acids. A 12 kg box holding six 2 kg bags.

The question these pages keep being asked is always the same: do I pour it as it is, or mix it with water and sugar? As it is. And there is only one thing you dilute it for.

01 · HOW TO USE IT

One bag per colony, on top of the frames

Here the format is the argument: the 2 kg bag sits open on top of the frames, in the part of the hive the bees keep warm, with nothing decanted into a feeder and no pool for them to drown in. One bag per colony, and the empty comes straight back out.

Stores · autumn	One bag per colony, replaced as it empties. This is the feed a colony goes into winter on
Stimulation · spring	Same placement, as brood gets going. If you want a thin syrup, make it up in a separate feeder: the point of the bag is not decanting

The box holds six 2 kg bags, twelve kilos in all: six colonies in one go, or one colony refilled six times.

02 · THE COMPOSITION

Fructose in front, and no more water than needed

The maker declares 38 % fructose, 32 % glucose and 7 % sucrose, with the vitamins, minerals and amino acids on top. It arrives inverted, that is, with the sucrose already split into the simple sugars a bee takes up without any prior work — the figure worth reading on any syrup's data sheet.

03 · WHAT SITS ON THE SUGAR

Vitamins, minerals and amino acids — and what this isn't

This is what separates this line from the other two. It adds B-group vitamins, minerals and three amino acids — tryptophan, methionine and lysine — along with polyphenols and tannins from plant extracts. And here we have to be explicit, because the maker's own literature goes further than a feed is allowed to go: this is a complementary feed, not a veterinary medicine. It neither prevents nor treats any disease of the colony, it does not stand in for hive health work, and no such role is claimed for it here. What it brings is energy and a load of micronutrients; pollen and hive health are their own jobs.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Which of the three IdealApi lines

All three come in several formats, and what separates them is what sits on top of the sugar:

Classic 13 kg	Sugars only, the thickest of the three (21-23 % moisture), with zinc and copper. The budget one
Optimal 13 kg	Balanced sugars (pH 4.5) plus an extract of seven plants
Complete ApiTotal 2 kg bags (this one)	The fullest: adds B-group vitamins, minerals and amino acids

✓ FITS	The richest feed in the range, for a spring start or for going into winter.
✕ DOESN'T FIT	Standing in for a health treatment. Or covering a pollen shortage: this is energy, not protein.
⚠ NOT INCLUDED	The feeder: the syrup is poured, and the container in the hive is bought separately.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product	Enriched invert syrup · Dulcofruct
Format	12 kg box · 6 bags of 2 kg
Sugars	Fructose 38 % · glucose 32 % · sucrose 7 %
Vitamins	B group · C · PP
Minerals	Ca · Mg · P · Na · K · Cl · Fe
Amino acids	Tryptophan · methionine · lysine
Directions for use	Neat for stores · with 20-50 % water for stimulation