The Easiest, No Mess 1:1 Bee Sugar Syrup Recipe!

Got new honey bees and need to feed them? Well you are probably going to need to make some sugar syrup to keep them alive and give them energy to build comb! Here is the easiest way to make 1:1 bee sugar syrup! Do it outside, just in case! Heck this syrup is so tasty that your queen bee and her royal family will love it! Heck, if Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were bees, they’d eat this at their wedding!

[@jamaalthebeekeeper1465]

just say mix 4 lbs of sugar with half gallon of water. max 2 minute video.

[@19vendetta19]

To make it even more simple, you don't need to mark the jug. Simply add 4lb of sugar first and finish with water.

[@geoffreyhudson2975]

Smart

[@ellaowens85]

My boyfriend watched your video and wanted me to let you know he likes the way you just made it so simple . Thanks !

[@kathyhathaway8823]

Just a thought if you are trying to get your bees to pull comb I have found out they do not need syrup that thick for comb and they will make more using .50 to 1 or .75 to 1 sugar to water . That is more to what the plants put out . Try it sometime and it is a little easier on your pocket also . Good luck

[@heavymechanic2]

I use a 2-litre drink bottle, 2 lbs sugar and a qt of water, shake. Its super easy to mix and fills the bottle to the top of the label. I tried to make syrup in a bucket and stir until your arm falls off, a bottle is the way to go.

[@WhistleThicket]

Great idea for small batches!

[@Goz86]

Im a new bee keeper and just got my first Nuc, been cold here up here and snowed yesterday in southern NH and its May. Im gonna have to do this for my bees just to keep them fed for the next couple of days. Great idea with the funnel!

[@WhistleThicket]

Northern beekeepers definitely have it rough! A later spring and long winter probably has a lot of challenges! Didn't it snow there a few days ago?

[@Goz86]

@@WhistleThicket ya I've been doing alot of research on other northern beekeepers on what they do to try to keep the hive alive. Ended up getting a hive made of dense styrofoam and gonna make a bee shed to prevent wind chill. Seen other people make warmers and put them on a timer. Ya it was weird to have snow this time in the spring season, but we have had snow in july once and we can get it as early as October.

[@josephwright8002]

the rhyme goes "a pint is a pound, the world around". so four pints equals four pounds. or 1 bag of sugar for a 1:1 mix.

[@privatebubba8876]

You left out the important part, "except honey".

[@19vendetta19]

Yeahhh HONEY! I'm tired of seeing Beekeepers give away what they assume to be a pound of honey in pint jars. Put it on a scale and make your money!

[@karenfarnham8841]

Thanks so much for the tips... still waiting to get my nucs this spring! It's been a late spring so I know I will have to feed them. I never thought about having to lift the buckets, so thanks for that tip!

[@natserog]

Bee Seer Up ---i like it

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

Great video, its really good that your family are keeping the smallholding tradition going, good luck to you all. Hope is all good in the States, best wishes from sunny East Sussex, England. I have just been feeding my bees (3 colonies, all from swarms this year) with syrup as autumn is not too far off. Regards, Peter

[@shanewood3305]

Thanks! You just took a lot of lifting and spilling out of making bee syrup. I use 96 fl oz juice bottles (what I have), so I use 7 1/2 cups water and 7 1/2 cups sugar, measuring it out of the 5 gal food-grade plastic bucket that holds 25#.

[@lucasbarahona9384]

So helpful for me. Thanks man

[@bauchbees6554]

Very helpful. Thank you

[@WhistleThicket]

Thanks! Good luck this season!

[@tanyathompson852]

I don't have hives but I am going to plant flowers for bees and butterflies. Is this a good recipe to use for bees and butterflies in a garden?

[@dogblackprincehoney]

If you don't boil the water the crystalls in sugar will stay and can kill bees.

[@paganpoetprophet6441]

thanks getting ready make some using your method ; i hear the 1 to 1 assists them in building comb ; i can now put away the scales haha

[@WhistleThicket]

No prob!

[@paulahello7435]

getting first package in 3 weeks. This was very helpful!

[@WhistleThicket]

Awesome! I always get a package or two as back up from over wintering. I get 2 this weekend!

[@paulahello7435]

@@WhistleThicket I'm excited. Two nucs in early May.

[@paultrowell1500]

Very helpful video

[@BUTTEWORKS]

Doing that tomorrow. Just got my first hives a week ago and that is the info I was looking for. Thanks.

[@csicrawlspace]

So in the beginning of your video you mentioned that you were going to mix your syrup by "weight" but then you went into a lengthy breakdown of the sugar by "volume".Just use (2) 4 lb bags of sugar per 1 gal. of water and you are there. However it wont fit into a gallon container when mixed. More like a gallon and a half'ish. Nice video though.

[@realchristopher4334]

"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were bees, they’d eat this at their wedding"! 😂 😂 🤣 🤣 😂 🤣 🤣 😂 I metaphorically died! Humour as such has been dying. Humans have been moving into full stupid and extreme rubbish sensitivity.

[@womanwomanhomesteadliasmit2118]

Omg I love mini 🐖 pigs lol Great information Thanks for sharing

[@radheshyama1135]

Is “Morena Pure Cane Sugar” OK to feed bees? Also, is “White Satin Powdered Amalgamated Sugar” made from beets OK to feed bees?

[@eieio-mn9pm]

Well that was harder than i thought it would bee

[@joekuder]

1lb sugar to 1lb. water. one gal of water weighs 8.33 lbs. plus two 4lb bags of sugar is close enough. i make batches in a 12 quart pot on the stove. i pour a gal. of water in the pot bring water to a boil turn off the burner dump two 4lb. bags of sugar in and stir. do not boil sugar syrup.

[@eldamar86]

Excellent video! I would like to say im a little disappointed you didnt pan to the pig 😂 but i'll survive. And more importantly, the bees will.

[@WhistleThicket]

We will do a mini pig video soon!

[@AnnieFarmerFarm]

I always wanted to do bees But i WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CLASSES !

[@WhistleThicket]

Luckily I have a friend who is helping me out! I bet there is a beekeeper association near you!

[@jamesscherping2461]

We feed bees to lure them from bird feeders.

[@prepperpat]

I don't have beehives but I do feed bees, hornets (they eat squash bugs and other bad bugs), butterflies, hummingbirds and orioles. I only use cane sugar as they haven't been able to make gmo sugar canes but all sugar beet sugar is gmo. I have read this in several places. You never want to use gmo anything! Thank you for the video!

[@sexgodsteve]

there's nothing wrong with GMOs

[@ricosuavez582]

@@sexgodsteve keep telling yourself that.

[@FriendlyCleaningKC]

How long do you feed them?

[@WhistleThicket]

A brand new package with no drawn comb- I would feed at least a month or more to get them going.

[@FriendlyCleaningKC]

Whistle Thicket how long does a feeder full last? A few days?

[@74mythos]

Basically water is 8lbs a gallon so 1:1 would be 2 4lb bags of sugar to 1 gallon of water easy peasy

[@VinnieChenzo]

Lol! By weight or by volume doesn't matter! Hahaha

[@DaybirdAviaries]

I'll have to remember this.

[@timjones1583]

I wonder if 10 cups of water is 4 pounds?

[@aaronparis4714]

Lol I have 11 hives

[@ggboxerina]

Good idea to make the “mess”outside outside.

[@WhistleThicket]

Sugar mess in the kitchen is not fun!

[@johnholladay2534]

Still a lot of work - usta mix with boiling water. Then tried with room temp water and it works fine. Note, the bees don't have gages, ph meters, etc and could care less about exact measurements - close works fine. Got a 35 gal tank on a sm trailer. Right now I mix about 10 gal of feed for all my hives (inside feeder & qrt jars outside). Put in about 5 gal of water from my well (same sources as Ozarka bottled water, purer than your city water). For 1x1 I dump in a 20lb bag of sugar, two bags for 2X1 then top off the water (have a connector going into the tank output port) - the ratio & timing is my guess during the season, right now (Jul in East Texas 2X1 with newer hives) very low natural sources for bees (live in cattle country, so few flowers this time of year). Add some organic acid to adjust the ph to about 6 (honey is about 4-6 ph). Mix in some salt for nutrients and will be adding Mann Lake supplement stuff in the future. Use a long stick to mix and hook up to my air compressor to get the mix mixing - saves a lot of my effort, no hauling to hot water pots. When fully mixed (doesn't take long) take the trailer/tank to the bee yard. use a 1 gal water can (input hole screened to keep bees out and cap the spout when not pouring. Feed each hive - being old I don’t like to bend much so hives about waist level & higher and set up a portable table to pile stuff on - put super on table vis bending over and putting on the ground. Most of the time just slide the top super, deep, or lid just enough to pour into the inside feeder - less bee interference. No one said bee keeping was about work - if you want work go to the gym.

[@mtoy100]

I thought store bought bagged sugar was made with GMO Sugar beets. Is that still safe to use?

[@WhistleThicket]

As far as I know it is fine, but everyone in the beekeeping world as their own opinion! If there's one thing I have learned it is there's 10 ways to the same thing!

[@kimbernard9250]

use 100% cane sugar.

[@TheSoilandGreen]

At the label

[@so_cal_mom]

Don’t you need hot water to dissolve the sugar?

[@WhistleThicket]

No not for 1:1 mixture. For 2:1 mixture yes!

[@johnturner5985]

Wow that hurt 😞

[@Cornerstandoutdoors]

I don't care what you say I can't get 2 4 lb bags of sugar in that half a gallon without it overflowing Make a video and show how you do it

[@WhistleThicket]

I just make 4 lbs with a half gallon of water in a gallon pitcher.

[@edokuyt5037]

Please America, go metric! 😅

[@WhistleThicket]

1 gallon is 3.87 Liters :)

[@edokuyt5037]

1 liter of water = 1 kilo. 1 kilo of sugar = 1 kilo. 1:1, its so easy

[@vanessacisneros4472]

Bro you talk way to much for a simple video.

[@WhistleThicket]

Bro, thanks for watching!

[@19vendetta19]

Bro can I get in on this bro

[@devshewitt4809]

8 lbs of sugar to a gallon of water which is 8 lbs very easy you got me all messed up talking teaspoons smh

[@5806781]

I heard that a person should never use Beet sugar......... Only Cane Sugar...... people should be told so they don't kill their bee's.......

[@jasonaiken5105]

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