Essential listening for beekeepers who care as much about their own health as that of

[Stromnessbees]

... their bees':

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00tpt0b/Case_Notes_Good_Fats_and_Bad_Fats


for further reading:

http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article000906373.cfm?x=b8drcdL,b5PRNLJ0,w (part one)
and
http://newsletter.vitalchoice.com/e_article000951878.cfm?x=b8drcdL,b5PRNLJ0,w (part two)

both by Susan Allport: http://susanallport.com/


Gavin, if you think this is too far off-topic please feel free to move it elsewhere ...

Doris

[gavin]

Hi Doris

Well ... interesting ... I've been paying close attention to dietary fats for a while as I need to alter some of the ratios found in my bloodstream.

If I can turn this back to beekeeping, I was reading this recently. Very useful.

Fat Bees Skinny Bees - a manual on honey bee nutrition for beekeepers.

https://rirdc.infoservices.com.au/downloads/05-054.pdf

G.

[Stromnessbees]

Fat Bees Skinny Bees - a manual on honey bee nutrition for beekeepers.


... a bit of a heavyweight , that one, and a lot of it rather specific to Australia.


Ever heard about vitellogenin before? - Randy Oliver has got some excellent information about bee nutrition in his articles about Fat Bees. This is part one:

http://www.scientificbeekeeping.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34

Doris