What Is Bee Bread?

Hi, I'm EAS certified master beekeeper, David Burns. Have you ever wondered what bee bread is? It is a name that we call pollen in the hive or in the comb that bees have added nectar and enzymes too. It is a fermenting food source for a honey bee colony high in protein minerals and vitamins. It is used largely to feed developing bees. Protein is essential for proper nutrition for honey bees and that's why we add it to our winter feeding systems known as our Winter-Bee-Kinds. Learn more at www.honeybeesonline.com

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Thank I needed this

[@bbaker6295]

David great to see you. Hope you continue to make more videos. You are a wealth of knowledge. Missed you guys this season.

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Thanks I really needed this!

[@shengsun5916]

Such beautiful creatures.

[@YankeeBlueFalcon]

love it

[@Faustobellissimo]

Is all beebread consumed during the reproducting season, or do bees eat it also during the cold season?

[@beek]

It is believe that they can also consume it during the winter months. My hives rarely consume it during winter. But I feed mine heavily all winter.

[@Faustobellissimo]

@@beekI meant, is the beebread comb still full when winter begins?
I'm just curious to know whether bees just need the energy of honey during winter, or whether they also need the proteins of pollen.

[@BlueBoy0]

Huh, I'd assumed that "bee bread" was another name for honey toast.

[@Andovarius]

How do we tell the difference between bee bread cells and cells that just have nectar drying into honey?

[@lenoretalon9958]

Thank you! Great info

[@MuskratOutdoors]

What about that queen cell? Shouldn't you get rid of it?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Won't they lay an egg and expand on it? This is only our second year keeping bees. We have three hives now. We split one that was getting crowded and started getting those queen cups. We hoped that by splitting it, they wouldn't swarm, but they did anyway. We let them finish out a cup and raise a new queen, so all is well, but I'm not sure about leaving those cups on anymore.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

We bought a queen from our local beekeeper for the split in the spring. Things were going well, a queen in both hives. Latter in the summer the first hive, the one we split, still had too many bees and a lot of queen cells. Each time we would work them, once every week, I would try to get rid of the extra queen cells. There were so many bees, (Two deep frames and a honey supper) that it was getting hard to work them. Not wanting to pay $40 for another queen, we thought we would let them raise one. We ordered more frames, and I was building the boxes to split it a second time, when they swarmed. There was queen cells still there, so this time we left them alone. Two formed queens on separate frames, so we put one frame in the new boxes I was making and left one in the hive that swarmed. It worked. All three hives have queens, eggs and larva. The second split hive (third hive) is a little weak, but doing well. We robbed a frame of brood and two frames of honey from the first split to help them out. We won't take any for ourselves, and feed on top of what they have, but going into winter, I think they will all be OK. We live here in central Idaho. Winters can be long and cold. I'm wondering if we had not let them form those queen cells if they would have swarmed anyway. Talking to other beekeepers, I think now we could have just added a third deep box and not split them. Until then, I thought two high was all that you should go.

[@moseseqaloewai5197]

I tried it as a kid, it's tangy and have very distinct flavour...

[@stephanieparker3083]

Does bee bread get capped?

[@ByteRoster]

Vinny made me Google this

[@guitarlamb9295]

Ok, girls. This is what you get. Hee hee hee.

[@rayunseitig6367]

bee bread, honey, royal jelly, honey comb, bee pollen and here comes one, ouch.

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mAKE Pizza using bee bread!

[@toddachten2224]

Is this "bee bread" Gluten free? Asking for a friend. lol

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Lol