What are the methods for preparing bee feed?

Use uncontaminated substitute raw materials to make bee feed, as follows:

1. Sucrose (white sugar) to make substitute feed. White sugar syrup can be used to feed bees directly. The suitable time for use is: during overwintering, stop feeding sucrose 3 days before the last batch of sealed brood emerges. The advantage of doing this is: the overwintering feed in the hive has already been converted, but the overwintering-age bees have not participated in honey brewing, so the activity and energy of @#@255@#@ can be maintained, extending the lifespan of the bees.

2. Syrup to make substitute feed. It is obtained from sucrose (brown sugar cannot be used, the same below) after adding acid and boiling for hydrolysis, or adding enzyme for hydrolysis. The method is: add 1/2 volume of water to 1 kg of sucrose, then add 0.5 g of lactic acid and boil for 30 minutes.

3. Sugar cake to make substitute feed. The preparation method is similar to the method for making invert syrup; it is made into sugar cakes for feeding. Sugar cakes made with invertase are softer in texture and have a longer storage period. The latter two honey substitutes above have already converted sucrose into glucose and fructose, which bees can fully absorb and utilize. When used as overwintering feed, feeding them will not cause robbing bees.