Inverted Syrup and Fondant Feeds AndyWattam; RBI East and Jeremy Quinism, Suffolk BKA-,& Ex Plymouth BICA consider the modem feeds

摘要

The feeding of Invert Syrap instead of refined cane, beet, or corn sugar has been shown in Bee Research Institutes, in both Denmark and Germany at Celle, that it reduces stress in bees and over wintering losses and increases their health and well being, and production of honey. The advent of Varroa and the realisation that the stress it causes can have a major effect on colony, health. It is however, important to have in place a system of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and monitoring technique forVarroa, as is now well known. Danish beekeepers tend to use biological control methods, whereas in the British Isles, until resistance to var-roacides became a problem, synthesised proprietary chemicals have been used.