IdealApi Optimal® Syrup with herbal extract 13kg

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IdealApi Optimal® Syrup with herbal extract 13kg

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Invert syrup ready to use, nothing to mix: pour it straight into the feeder. Thick (27-29 % moisture, thicker than a 2:1) and diluted 1:1 with 0.44 L of water per kilo — the drum gives 18.7 kg — only to stimulate in spring. Sugars 32/34/19 and an extract of seven herbs. 13 kg drum.

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Details of IdealApi Optimal® Syrup with herbal extract 13kg

READY

TO USE, NO MIXING

27-29 %

MOISTURE · THICKER THAN 2:1

13 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 13 kg drum from Dulcofruct.

The question this page keeps 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 into the feeder 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: 5.7 L for the drum, which leaves you 18.7 kg. A 2:1 is 66.7 % and needs only 1 L. A stimulation feed sits between 30 and 50 % moisture, and that band runs exactly from 2:1 to 1:1.

And one detail people also ask about: the drum is sold by weight, not by volume. It is 13 kg of thick syrup, so the container works out at a bare ten litres — not thirteen. When working out how many drums you need, count in kilos.

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 honest way to compare syrup prices: a thinner one weighs the same but carries more water, so it is worth reading the declared moisture before the price per kilo.

03 · THE HERBAL EXTRACT

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

This is what separates this syrup from the basic 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 — and it comes up in reviews from several countries — is the smell: it smells of herbs, and they take it down quickly.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

Which of the three IdealApi

The whole range comes in drum format, and the difference is what sits on top of the sugar:

Classic 13 kg	Sugars only and thicker (21.5-22.5 % moisture). The budget one
Optimal 13 kg (this one)	Balanced sugars + extract of seven herbs
Complete ApiTotal	The fullest: adds vitamins, minerals and amino acids. In 2 kg bags

✓ 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 drum is poured; the container in the hive is bought separately.

SPECIFICATIONS

Product	Ready-to-use invert syrup · Dulcofruct
Format	13 kg drum · 20 × 31 × 17 cm
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