Honey B Healthy Original 16 oz. Bottle, Feeding Stimulant with Essential Oils

HONEY B HEALTHY® is a non-GMO emulsion that HELPS PROMOTE HEALTHY, VIGOROUS HIVES® when used as a feeding stimulant for late winter, early spring, fall, or during dearths of nectar. Also, add HONEY B HEALTHY to your feeding mix to help build up packages, nucs, and swarms. For a minimal cost per treatment, many commercial and hobbyist beekeepers use HONEY B HEALTHY® as a cost-effective way to keep their colonies strong, healthy, and vigorous. HONEY B HEALTHY® helps calm honey bees when used as a spray. Spraying honey bees helps prevent fighting when combining nucs, swarms, and colonies. When sprayed on new wax or plastic foundation, HONEY B HEALTHY® helps encourage the bees to draw out the foundation. To use HONEY B HEALTHY® as a spray to calm the bees instead of smoke, use 4 teaspoons per quart 1:1 sugar-water mix. Some beekeepers use a method of applying HONEY B HEALTHY®, which is called the "Drench" method. Apply one cup (8 oz., more or less, depending on the colony's size) of the mix to the brood area by spraying or drizzling the mix on the bees and between the brood frames. They use this force-feeding method three to four times, three to four days apart, on failing colonies. HONEY B HEALTHY® can be mixed into sugar-water solutions ahead of time and fed when needed. The HONEY B HEALTHY® solution mix should be kept in a tightly sealed container when stored for an extended time. To ensure the even distribution of essential oils after storage, shake or stir before applying them to hive feeders. Since essential oils are volatile and may evaporate from open containers and open feeders, closed-type feeders are best unless bee consumption is rapid. If feeding in open barrels, feed during times of nectar dearth when the bees rapidly consume the mix.