{"id":781,"date":"2017-01-04T15:48:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/?page_id=781"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T11:55:36","slug":"advise-why-feed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/advise-why-feed\/","title":{"rendered":"Advise: Why feed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row \"><div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6\"><\/p>\n<p>Just as hunger harms a bee population, a plentiful bee feed offer tailored to the animals needs improves and saves a vital bee population.<\/p>\n<p>A bee colony should never suffer from a shortage of food. If the population\u2019s supply approaches the 5 kg mark (two full DNs or Zander honeycombs) and the outside nectar flow diminishes, they are already beginning to be undersupplied. The colony responds with emergency measures even before the food is gone:<\/p>\n<p>limiting brood activity, less cleaning activities and less pollen collection; brood cannibalism can also result. The colony tries to survive by robbing others. If the food supply is completely consumed, the bees will sit trembling or motionless on the honeycombs; the first few bees will die, and the entire colony will be dead within a few hours. Typical symptoms of starvation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>bees with their heads stuck in the empty cells<\/li>\n<li>hive bottom covered with thousands of dead bees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The beekeeper\u2019s first responsibility is to recognize insufficient natural nectar flow and counteract under-feeding in a timely manner. Incidentally, far more bee colonies are dying of starvation than expected. This must not be the case.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6\"><\/p>\n<h2>Estimating food supply using the Liebefeld Method<\/h2>\n<p>For this method, use household rubber bands to divide an empty frame into eight equal squares. When you hold this structure over the honeycomb to be tested, you should see the following results:<\/p>\n<p>One-eighth of a capped honeycomb side contains:<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table width=\"100%\" class=\"table \" style=\"table-striped\">\n<thead><tr>\n<th>frame type <\/th>\n<th>bee food<\/th>\n<\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>DN <\/td>\n<td>111 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Zander <\/td>\n<td>125 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Langstroth <\/td>\n<td>140 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dadant <\/td>\n<td>175 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Example:<\/h3>\n<p>A Zander honeycomb with 8 fully capped food squares on one side, 4 capped squares on the other side,<\/p>\n<p>Add up to: 8 + 4 x 125 g = 1500 g of food on this honeycomb.\u00a0Half-squares are also counted.<\/p>\n<p>One full capped honeycomb produces 16 squares = 2000 g.<\/p>\n<p>ambrosia\u00ae bee experts will assist you in any question re bee food.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Get more information here:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/advise-why-feed\/the-cycle-of-a-bee-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The cycle of a bee year <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/advise-why-feed\/reasons-for-feeding\/\">Reasons for feeding <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/advise-why-feed\/bee-food-feeding-alternatives\/\">Feeding alternatives <i class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/contact\/\">We gladly answer your questions and recommend a specialized local retailer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-xs  \" href=\"\/contact\"  rel=\"\"  target=\"_self\">contact <i class=\"glyphicon glyphicon-menu-right\" ><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunger sch\u00e4digt Bienenv\u00f6lker, ein reichhaltiges Futterangebot optimal an die Bed\u00fcrfnisse der Bienen angepasst hingegen f\u00f6rdert und sichert ein vitales Bienenvolk.<\/p>\n<p>Zu keiner Zeit darf ein Bienenvolk einem Futtermangel ausgesetzt sein. N\u00e4hern sich die Vorr\u00e4te im Bienenvolk der 5 kg-Marke (zwei volle DN oder Zanderwaben) und versiegt der Futterstrom von au\u00dfen, beginnt bereits die Unterversorgung. Schon vor dem letzten Futterrest  schaltet das Volk auf Notbetrieb:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=781"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3524,"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/781\/revisions\/3524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ambrosia.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}