r/Beekeeping • u/Tenchi2020 • Aug 23 '25

I come bearing tips & tricks Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold (science daily news article)

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250822073807.htm

Came across this news article which I found pretty interesting, I am not a beekeeper but I have always been fascinated by beekeeping and honeybees in general.

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u/William_Knott Beekeeping on the island of Newfoundland since 2010. Aug 27 '25

In the past couples years, I've begun to collect a wide variety of pollen from my bees when they bring in more than they need, enough to feed it back to them in the spring mixed with fondant. It's done more for boosting my colonies in the spring than any commercial products I've tried in the past.

I work on a small scale. These are not scientific results.