Mann Lake FD213 Ultra Bee Dry Feed Canister, 1-Pound

Bees love it during feeding with sugar water

good product and fast shipping

I put this out dry, at first my bees did not seem to like this as the dish set out a whole day with no interest whatsoever but after two days they ate almost all of it. It just takes them a little while when put out as a dry powder, I do prefer dry as it does not attract ants the same way a moist dough patty would have. For the price, it is worth it to try, it may or may not work with your colony but the way I see it everything that can help my bees is a good thing

I would buy again because the bees gobbled it up.

It's been a relatively normal winter so far here in Virginia, and my bees have been able to fly at least a couple times a week as the high temperatures creep up into the upper 40s and lower 50s during the days. I noticed as I was sawing up a tree that the bees instantly were swarming the sawdust since it resembles pollen. Seeing their desperation, and knowing that now in January, the queens should be starting up brood production again, I figured they needed a boost. In many years of beekeeping I've truthfully never used artificial pollen products like this and was weary to use it at first, but, when the bees need the help, I felt I had nothing to lose. So I bought this and the day I got it I put some of the dry powder at the hive entrances (so as to "force" them to get some on themselves as they came and went), and literally within minutes most of the hives had bees coming out to gather it. A few days later, the temperatures went up to the mid 50s and they were out flying, so I put out some feed and a few containers of this pollen - each container containing 3 or 4 tablespoons or so. I went out to check on things two hours later and they had taken every bit of it.I'm very impressed with this stuff and hopefully it will tide the bees over until the natural pollen comes back in a few months. Until then, I'll be getting more of this stuff. I trust Mann Lake as I've used them for a lot of products over the years, and I'm very much on the side of "treatment free" beekeeping, so this product was a plus but it certainly took some self-convincing. I've read other reviews where others gave it low reviews because their bees didn't touch the stuff, even in patty form. Let's be clear - every beekeeper should know how independent and unpredictable our bees can be. So, not every hive is going to like whatever we put out for them. Additionally, they may not always take the product because of their own reasons. All we can do as beekeepers is put the products out for them and let them decide. Your bees not taking this product is not necessarily a reflection of its quality but rather their individual condition. Maybe they don't need the pollen. Whatever the case - don't hold it against the product.Also, on a strange note...I love the smell of this product. Hard to describe, but has a light smell that elicits memories of the smell of the hives in the summertime. At any rate, color me impressed. Happy with this and hope it gives the bees a jump start on their late winter brood production.