Fructobee 79 (12 kg container)

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Fructobee 79 (12 kg container)

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High-fructose syrup with 79% dry matter: 37% fructose, 32% glucose and only 2% polysaccharides, so the bees use nearly all of it. Spanish, non-GMO raw material; does not crystallise. Neat it tops up stores, let down with water it stimulates the queen, and it mixes into your own patties. 12 kg container.

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Details of Fructobee 79 (12 kg container)

79%

DRY MATTER

37%

FRUCTOSE

POLYSACCHARIDES

12 kg

CONTAINER

A thick high-fructose syrup, near enough the consistency of honey: feed it neat to build stores or let down with water to stimulate.

It carries 79% dry matter and a sugar profile of 37% fructose and 32% glucose. It is made from Spanish, non-GMO raw material, the same that goes into human food, and thanks to the fructose it does not crystallise in the container.

01 · COMPOSITION

The figure to look at is the 2% polysaccharides

In a bee syrup, what separates one from another is not the total sugar: it is the part the bee cannot use. Monosaccharides — glucose and fructose — and sucrose are taken up well; polysaccharides, starches and dextrins are not, and they load the gut in midwinter, exactly when the colony can least afford it. This syrup sits at 2% polysaccharides, so nearly everything that goes into the hive is usable. When you compare syrups, always ask for that figure on the spec sheet: it is the one that tells you most.

02 · NEAT OR DILUTED?

The thickness is what decides the job

It comes very thick, and that thickness is a tool: you set it according to what you are after.

Neat	As it comes, it works as a stores top-up: closer to food the colony banks than to nectar coming in. This is how to use it when what you want is for it to end up in the comb.
Let down with water	Diluted it behaves like a flow coming in, and that is what switches the queen on. This is how to use it to stimulate at the start of the season, with the temperature and the population to back it up.

03 · HOW TO FEED IT

Close to the brood, and do not overdo it

Feed goes where the colony can reach it without chilling: close to the cluster, in a top or frame feeder, not on the floor or at the entrance. Give only what they will take in a few days — syrup left standing for weeks ferments, and spills bring on robbing. And go steady with the amount: heavy feeding ends up stored in the combs, so if supers are on or a flow is coming in, think twice before feeding — next season's honey comes out of those same combs.

04 · AS A BASE

It also mixes into your own patties

Being thick and easy to blend, plenty of beekeepers use it as a base ingredient: mixed with yeast, soya flour or another protein source it makes a home-made patty whose protein you tune to the point of the season. Just keep the roles clear: the syrup brings the energy, not the protein. If what the field is short of is pollen, no syrup replaces it — you will need a protein feed alongside.

05 · BEFORE YOU BUY

It is supplied in a 12 kg container, a size meant to keep feed on hand through the season without restocking every week.

✓ FITS	Stimulative feeding, topping up stores, and as a base for making your own patties.
✕ DOESN'T FIT	It carries no protein: if what is missing is pollen, a syrup does not solve it.
⚠ NOT INCLUDED	A feeder. The container is how it ships, not how it goes into the hive.

SPECIFICATIONS

Type	High-fructose liquid syrup for feeding bees
Dry matter	79%
Sugar profile	37% fructose · 32% glucose · 2% polysaccharides
Raw material	Spanish origin, non-GMO · the same that goes into human food
Behaviour	Does not crystallise · dilutes readily · takes protein additions well
Uses	Stimulation (diluted) · stores top-up (neat) · base ingredient for feeds
Format	12 kg container