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Sugar Paste for Bees: Make Your Own with Invertase Invertobee 73-Z
Professional beekeepers know that remote apiaries demand a practical feeding solution. When hive visits are infrequent, liquid syrup becomes unworkable. Sugar paste solves this problem — and making it yourself with invertase Invertobee 73-Z gives you full control over quality, concentration, and cost.Why Make Sugar Paste with Invertase?
Enzyme-inverted sugar paste outperforms untreated paste in three measurable ways. First, inverted sugar — a blend of glucose and fructose — requires less metabolic energy from bees, so colonies consume less feed for the same nutritional benefit. Second, enzyme-treated paste stays soft until fully consumed, unlike untreated paste which hardens over time and gets abandoned by the colony. Third, because the paste remains soft, bees don't discard pieces outside the hive, eliminating a common and costly source of waste.
Enzymatic inversion also removes the risk of HMF formation, since the process requires no acid and no excessive heat.
How It Works: A Simple Recipe
Using Invertobee 73-Z, the process is straightforward. Mix 70 kg of sugar with 30 kg of water and heat gently to dissolve. Add 150 g of Invertobee 73-Z and allow inversion to take place — roughly 12 hours at 30–50 °C, or around 24 hours at 17–20 °C. Once the syrup base is ready, blend it with powdered sugar in a kneader to produce the finished paste.
From 100 kg of syrup base you can expect approximately 400 kg of finished sugar paste, at an enzyme cost of roughly €0.075 per kilogram.
Practical Advantages for Your Apiary
Supply 1–3 kg of sugar paste per hive and it will typically last one to two weeks, significantly reducing the frequency of apiary visits. Whether you manage dozens of hives or hundreds across multiple sites, this translates directly into saved time and lower operational costs.
Beekeepers who use Invertobee 73-Z consistently report a substantial reduction in both total feeding costs and the quantity of feed needed per hive, along with remarkable sugar inversion and no detectable HMF. The syrup base itself has a shelf life of approximately one month, giving you flexibility in production planning.
One Product. Complete Control.
Invertobee 73-Z is our dedicated invertase formulation, purpose-built for sugar paste production. A single 300 g pack inverts 200 kg of syrup at 65–75 % concentration, yielding around 800 kg of finished bee fondant. Plain white granulated beet sugar is the recommended base — the safest and most digestible option for bees. You choose the sugar. You control the process.
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