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Offline brooksbeefarm

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Dry pollen mix?
« on: January 17, 2015, 10:11:39 pm »
I know this has been talked about before,but what is a good dry pollen mix? i think iddee posted one with sugar, soy flour, and brewers yeast? I tried to pull it up on the forum, but it's hard to do when you have the CRS diease. ??? Jack
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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2015, 11:44:17 pm »
I have been feeding brewers yeast and soy flour dry for the last 2 days and they are loving it. 1 part brewers yeast and 2 parts soy flour

The patties I mix in the sugar syrup and honey. I just put them on today so will have to how they do with them. but looked like they were starting on them as soon as we placed them.



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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2015, 08:26:42 am »
My first choice, Megabee, ultrabee or try spent brewers yeast.
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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2015, 10:16:17 am »
By the time it's warm enough for them to work the dry mix, we are already on a second round of
Megabee inside the hives.
I gave up on the dry mix, something always happens!
35 mph winds or sideways rain.
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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2015, 11:58:28 am »
Iddee gave me a bunch of spent brewers yeast a couple of seasons ago.  He told me to mix it 8 parts yeast, 1 part soy flour, and 1 part powdered sugar (which I powder myself to avoid corn starch).  I have it out where my bees can fly to it when it is sunny and over about 42°F.  They have been taking it heavily the last few days.

I'll put small pollen patties in the hives right over the cluster if the weather gets warm enough to pop the tops.  Small hive beetles over winter with the clusters here, so I don't want to put a lot in the hives so that I am not encouraging SHB rearing.
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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2015, 12:40:03 pm »
I have rarely ever put pollen patties or dry pollen on my hives, when i check my hives in the fall the bottom box (most of my hives are 2 deeps) will have 4 to 5 almost full frames of pollen and most years the maples, willow trees, and Dandelions are budding out in the 3rd week of Febuary. I'm going to start several nucs in April and i have top feeders with 2 compartments in them and thought i would feed some dry pollen. I have 50lbs of dry brewers yeast that i bought from Dadant or ML? Like Jacobs said, i think iddee said? i cup sugar (put in blender) i cup soy flour, 8 cups brewers yeast, and mix it together? correct me if i'm wrong. Jack
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Re: Dry pollen mix?
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2015, 05:28:15 pm »
You got it right.
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