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Offline nature_girl

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pollen patty
« on: March 07, 2006, 03:55:27 pm »
Hello,
You guys did such a nice job answering my last question, I thought I would hit you with another... I read about how to make your own pollen patties. It might have been here, not sure thought.
If anybdy has the recipie I would be very greatfull.

Thank you.

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Re: pollen patty
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2006, 04:09:29 pm »
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If anybdy has the recipie I would be very greatfull.

Thank you.


One normal hive consumes 0,5 kg per week.

I make dough with dough machine.

3 kg dry radiated pollen
0,7 litre water to soften pollen over night
3 kg yeast
2 kg soya flour
1 kg fructose  
1 kg flour sugar
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10,7 total

28% pollen

If dough is too wet, add soya flour and balance the mixture with it.

Then I roll the paste between two dough paper to 5-8 mm plate and give it to the top bars of frame. During one week 2 super colony can eat 0,5-1 kg that dough. New born bees eat it very eargerly.

Near 20% pollen all colonies are not willing to eat dough.

Dough will be in condition at least 3 weeks in cold. The flour sugar add the content of sugar and stops yeast fermentation.

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thank you
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2006, 05:44:01 pm »
Thank you very much. I knew I had seen the recipie before.
My little babies will thank you too.

Offline filmmlif

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pollen patty
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2006, 11:44:31 pm »
3 cups soy flour
1 cup brewers yeast
1 cup dry skim milk
2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup fructose
1 cup corb syrup
2 teaspoons vitamin C
add dry mix and stir in corn syrup...add hot water until a thick paste (like peanut butter). smear on wax paper...12x12.
you can freeze what you don't use...terrific!

Offline nature_girl

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patty question
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2006, 08:19:29 pm »
Any Idea where I could get the frutose from?

Thanks

Offline filmmlif

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fructose
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2006, 08:45:03 pm »
i got the fructose from a health food store...i would think a grocery store that sells anything in bulk will have it.

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pollen patty
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2006, 02:05:50 am »
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2 teaspoons vitamin C!


That is really huge amount! Where did you get that receipt?

If it is possible 20% radiated pollen in the patty would be good.

Look at 4. chapter:

http://www.rirdc.gov.au/reports/HBE/05-054.pdf