My friend I just want to say I appreciate the videos you put out here and look forward to them. Thank you.
@sweetstingers Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that and thank you. I do things a bit different than others but much of what I do has simply been passed down to me through my grandfather.
@littlemomma8192 Жыл бұрын
Great video - thanks for always sharing your wisdom. Can you tell us more about your mushroom powder mixture like the benefits, ratios and when you use it?
@sweetstingers Жыл бұрын
Thank you. i enjoy sharing, but we are not like mainstream. I'm working on ratios as of now but I have been using it for around 5 years and have some other beekeepers testing and doing some reports. Benefits from the main powders we use are Reishi powder is shown to provide an immune boost for bees Spirulina powder has been shown to provide bees with comparable levels of beneficial gut bacteria as natural pollen does Chlorella powder is shown to stimulate the growth of the colony and also help with the development of the hypopharyngeal gland in nurse bees Bananas have shown to increase brood production There are 2 other powders we are playing around with also but haven't released them. We will when I am comfortable with the mix hopefully later this year. Just use caution during winter if adding things to a soft sugar cake outside of sugar and maybe some dry pollen. Our bees fly throughout the winter so they can take cleansing flights. We feed the mix with our pollen patties during regular feeding and sometimes in winter to a few colonies. We have also used it in syrup as a bee tea. There are a few recipes online for bee teas.
@littlemomma8192 Жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for the detailed response! I am in north Texas right near the Oklahoma border, so your knowledge is always relevant to my apiary. I look forward to seeing how your trials turn out with the new powders. Maybe we will be lucky and even see your mixes available for purchase in the future 🙃. I enjoy learning from someone who isn’t pushing sponsored products over and over - mainstream is definitely overrated! Keep up the awesome work!!