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Bee Candy Recipe

December 07, 2020

Pour warmed honey into sugar well photo is of half batch. Allow to harden overnight.

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Bee candy recipe. 4 cups of non-GMO white cane sugar. Put newspaper or waxed paper under your candy board and fill with sugar. Screen the sugar off level with the top of the board.

Mix with spoon till well mixed and then knead candy for a couple of minutes this takes some effort warm in microwave if it gets to cold. NEVER feed honey from an unknown source Honey is the best thing. Add 5 pounds of sugar you will need to mix it in with a spoon.

Honey Bee Candy Board Recipe Put 16 ounces of water 2 cups into a large pot preferably stainless steel and place over medium to medium high heat. Total sugar it makes for better mixing. Put all the ingredients in a pot on the stove and heat over medium high heat until it reaches a 235F which is the soft ball temperature for candy making.

1 cup of water. STEP 2 Next add 8 lb. A sink of cold water.

If bees are low on food make some bee fondant for them using ONLY non-GMO white cane sugar water a touch of vinegar and a pinch of salt. It will be very thick and quite cloudy until it comes to. Method 1 - Warm 1 pint honey to 150o F in double boiler.

I followed the directions but the candy seems to be somewhat sticky and semi hard. Be careful with this method. Add 4 pounds confectioners sugar w continuous stirring.

¼ teaspoon of Real Salt. This may make the board last into the cold times when they need it most. I will try to source some Drivert sugar.

Store bought fondant is 10 times as expensive as the equivalent homemade product. Feeding Bees In Winter Bee Candy Recipe 1. Heres the ingredients needed per candy board.

Bee Candy or Fondant. Heat the honey in the microwave till warm do not boil or overheat. Remove ball of candy and place on plastic shopping bag.

Bee candy also referred to as bee fondant is an. Here is a very basic recipe you can try out. Before you start to make candy give some thought as to what shape and size you want the blocks to be and prepare suitable containers.

16 lbs of sugar 3 Cups of Water 1 T of White Vinegar To prevent mold. Of sugar in a large mixing bowl by splitting up the 16 lb. If you dont have a candy thermometer you can check the consistency by putting drops of the fondant into a cut with very cold water.

I had a big batch of candy made with irradiated honey but the container somehow found its way onto the floor of my shed and broke and was to contaminated to salvage. STEP 1 Start by placing 1 tablespoon of white vinegar into 3 cups of water. I have made a batch of the fat bee mans recipe and I think it will be fine.

Ref 5 p453 Since honey may carry bee disease organisms it is illegal to ship queens w honey-made candy Ref 12 p1020. When its mostly cold and the bees dont want to break cluster. If it balls up into a soft ball youve reached the stage.

I finally put the finished product on plastic pie plates into the freezer to harden them. I tried the bee candy recipe listed on your web site including 15 pounds of sugar 4 cups of water and 3lbs of high fructose corn syrupI did cut it in half for a smaller batch. Put the candy board on later in the season.

½ teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. Knead into a firm but not hard dough adding additional powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached.

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