Drum 275kg of IdealApi Optimal® Bee Syrup with Herbal Extracts

345 .00 €

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Dulcofruct

Drum 275kg of IdealApi Optimal® Bee Syrup with Herbal Extracts

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345 .00 €

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Invert syrup ready to use, nothing to mix. Thick (27-29 % moisture, thicker than a 2:1) and diluted 1:1 with 0.44 L of water per kilo — the drum gives 396 kg — only to stimulate in spring. Sugars 32/34/19, pH 4.5 and an extract of seven herbs. A feed, not a treatment. 275 kg drum.

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Details of Drum 275kg of IdealApi Optimal® Bee Syrup with Herbal Extracts

READY

TO USE, NO MIXING

27-29 %

MOISTURE · THICKER THAN 2:1

275 kg

DRUM (SOLD BY WEIGHT)

pH 4.5

AS DECLARED BY THE MAKER

Invert syrup that is ready to use, thick (27-29 % moisture, thicker than a 2:1), with the three sugars balanced and an extract of seven plants. A 275 kg drum.

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 FEED IT

Straight into the feeder; diluted only in spring

Nothing to dissolve and nothing to heat: it comes inverted and thicker than a 2:1 syrup. Pour it and that is that.

Autumn feed	Neat, untouched. This is where the density pays: less water for the bees to drive off before they cap it
Spring stimulation	Diluted 1:1: 0.44 L of water per kilo. This is the density bees read as nectar coming in

Here is the sum, knowing that a litre of water weighs a kilo: water (L) = kg of syrup × (72 ÷ target dry matter − 1). A 1:1 is 50 % dry matter, so that comes to 0.44 L per kilo: 121 L for the drum, which leaves you 396 kg. A 2:1 is 66.7 % and needs only 22 L. A stimulation feed sits between 30 and 50 % moisture, and that band runs exactly from 2:1 to 1:1.

The drum is sold by weight, not by volume: it is 275 kg of thick syrup, so it comes to appreciably less than 275 litres. Count in kilos when planning the season. One warning about diluting: thinned syrup does not keep the way the concentrate does, because more water means more risk of fermentation. Make up only what the colony will get through in a few days.

02 · THE THREE SUGARS

32 % fructose · 34 % glucose · 19 % sucrose

Home-made syrup is dissolved sucrose and little else; this one arrives inverted, that is, with the sucrose already split into the simple sugars a bee takes up without any prior work. The maker declares 32 % fructose, 34 % glucose and 19 % sucrose, and a pH of 4.5 — an acid figure, in line with honey, which is the environment a bee's gut is built for. Those numbers are also the useful way to compare syrups: read the declared moisture before the price per kilo. And without selling an easy comparison, because within this very range the Classic is thicker than this one (21.5-22.5 % against 27-29 %).

03 · THE HERBAL EXTRACT

Seven plants — what that means and what it doesn't

This is what separates this syrup from the plain one in the range. It carries extract of thyme, nettle, rhubarb, St John's wort, basil, mint and wormwood, which bring plant polyphenols and tannins. It is worth saying plainly what it is and is not: this is a feed, not a treatment. It does not stand in for hive health work, it acts on no disease of the colony, and no such role is claimed for it here. What beekeepers do notice is the smell: it smells of herbs, and they take it down quickly.

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 275 kg	Sugars only and the thickest of the three (21.5-22.5 % moisture). The budget one
Optimal 275 kg (this one)	Balanced sugars (pH 4.5) plus an extract of seven plants
Complete ApiTotal 2 kg bags	The fullest: adds B-group vitamins, minerals and amino acids

✓ FITS	Feeding without making syrup at home, with the option of diluting it to stimulate.
✕ 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	Ready-to-use invert syrup · Dulcofruct
Format	275 kg drum
Sugars	Fructose 32 % · glucose 34 % · sucrose 19 %
Moisture	27-29 % (71-73 % dry matter) · thicker than a 2:1
pH	4.5
Plant extract	Thyme · nettle · rhubarb · St John's wort · basil · mint · wormwood
Directions for use	Neat in autumn · diluted 1:1 (0.44 L of water per kg) for stimulation