When should I give Honey-B-Healthy?

Feeding HONEY B HEALTHY® can cause robbing during times of extreme dearth of nectar, especially during the fall. If this occurs, we suggest feeding during evening within the hive and reducing the entrance to prevent robbers from entering.

Is Honey-B-Healthy Good for bees?

Honey-B-Healthy is great when introducing a new queen too. These essential oils have long been used by beekeepers and found to be very good for bees. Many claim that these essential oils seem to stimulate the immune system of the honey bee.

Does Honey-B-Healthy expire?

Can Honey Beee Healthy go bad over time? Answer: No expiration date on the bottle.

What are the ingredients in Honey B Healthy?

We use Honey-B-Healthy in early spring and during periods when no nectar is available. It is made with lecithin, sodium lauryl sulfate, water, lemongrass oil, and spearmint oil.

What is in Honey B Gone?

Honey-B-Gone is made of natural oils that bees just don’t like. When you spray Honey-B-Gone on a fume board or apply it to an area you are doing a bee removal from, the honey bees flee! Honey-B-Gone is used by beekeepers running 1 hive to 100 hives to assist in harvesting honey without killing bees.

Who shouldnt eat honey?

This bacteria can cause botulism, which is a rare form of food poisoning. Honey is safe for most people over 12 months of age. However, infants 12 months of age and younger should not eat any honey, including raw and regular honey.

Why is honey unethical?

Unethical practices When farmers remove honey from a hive, they replace it with a sugar substitute which is significantly worse for the bees’ health since it lacks the essential micro-nutrients of honey. Diseases are also caused by importing different species of bees for use in hives.

Should I put out sugar water for bees?

Bees don’t need to be fed, but feeding them a bit of sugar water from a spoon won’t do any harm provided this is a one time thing. The problem is that people have expanded on the myth. If a bit of sugar water for an exhausted bee is good, then a lot of sugar water for all the bees must be better. Bees take short cuts.

How long does sugar water last for honey bees?

Pure sugar water can keep a long time if conditions are right. I had one batch of about six gallons of 2:1 (2 parts sugar, 1 part water) that kept very well for about a year.