1. FOUR CUPS SUGAR
2. TWO CUPS WATER
3. THREE CUPS EXPELLER PROCESS SOYBEAN FLOUR
4. ONE AND A HALF CUPS. BREWERS YEAST
5. TWO TEASPOONS SALT (SEA SALT or MINERALIZED SALT IS PREFERRED)
6. ONE TEASPOON 'FRUIT FRESH' (Canning section of your local grocery store.)
7. SIX TABLESPOONS DRY MILK POWDER
8. SIX ANTI-OXIDANT VITAMINS (I use SPRING VALLEY brand GELCAPS from WALMART)
Locally $3.97/ bottle. (Cut them open and squeeze into the wet mix.) Then stir the mix until it looks like PEANUT BUTTER.
9. SIX OZ. DRIED BEE POLLEN

IF YOU DON'T HAVE NATURAL POLLEN. DON'T WORRY. THIS WORKS FINE AS A
SUBSTITUTE..

MELT SUGAR IN WATER AND SET ASIDE TO COOL.
THOROUGHLY BLEND THE DRY INGREDIENTS AND THEN ADD THE COOLED
SUGAR-WATER MIX TO THE BLEND AND STIR UNTIL A STIFF DOUGH IS
FORMED. IF RUNNY, ADD MORE SOY FLOUR. THE MIX SHOULD LOOK LIKE CREAMY
PEANUT BUTTER.

AT THAT POINT DIVIDE THE DOUGH INTO BALLS OF A SIZE TO FEED
EACH HIVE EQUAL PORTIONS. WHEN 1 DIVIDED MY BATCH INTO EIGHT
BALLS, THEY LOOKED AS IF THEY WOULD WEIGH APPROXIMATELY THREE
OUNCES EACH.

SEPARATE THE BALLS ONTO SHEETS OF WAXED PAPER, FOLD THE PAPER
BACK OVER THE BALL AND PRESS TO MAKE PATTIES 3/8THS TO ½ INCH
THICK.

WHEN YOU INSTALL THE PATTIES INTO THE HIVES, TEAR OFF THE PAPER,
OR FOLD IT BACK AND PLACE THE BARE SIDE DOWN DIRECTLY ABOVE THE
CENTER OF THE CLUSTER. LEAVE THE WAXED PAPER ON TOP OF THE PATTY,
REPLACE ANY SUPERS (FOOD CHAMBERS) NEEDED AND CLOSE THE HIVE.

FOR A COMPLETE TREATMENT.COMBINE THIS FEEDING WITH W WINTERGREEN
GREASE PATTY FORMULA TO DISCOURAGE SMALL HIVE BEETLE REPRODOCTION
(in the supplement) They love it. .

NOTE: THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE USED ON COLONIES ON LOCATION FOR
SOURWOOD HONEY PRODUCTION. (Sourwood does not produce pollen and the bees will shut
down the queen by filling the brood nest with nectar. Add another super of drawn comb and be amazed
at what happens.) MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN ANOTHER SUPER OF PRODUCTION PER HIVE
WITH THIS FEEDING. ALSO, PATTIES FOR THE SOURWOOD FLOW SHOULD BE OF ABOUT
I POUND EACH. Measurements: (12" X 14" X 1/2" inch thick in size) YOU REALLY WANT THINGS
TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU DO THIS. LEAVE OUT THE WINTERGREEN, FOR THIS FEEDING.
THE BEES WILL TOTALLY USE THIS PATTY IN JUST OVER THREE DAYS, SO BEETLES SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM.

THIS FEEDING IS NORMALLY REQUIRED ABOUT THE TENTH DAY INTO THE
SOURWOOD FLOW IF YOU HAVE A GOOD NECTAR FLOW COMING IN.

IT IS PREFERABLE AND SEEMS TO WORK BETTER TO REFRIGERATE THE MIX
OVERNIGHT. WHEN YOU GO TO THE BEE YARD, TAKE THE ENTIRE CONTAINER WITH YOU. TAKE A VERY WET TOWEL IN A GARBAGE BAG FOR HAND WASHING BETWEEN PATTIES. ( This is one of the tackiest mixtures you are likely to handle in hot weather.) ALSO, TAKE A ROLL OF WAXED PAPER TO MAKE THE PATTIES ON. 1 LAY A SHEET OF WAXED PAPER ON TOP OF AN ADJOINING HIVE AND SPREAD ABOUT A ONE POUND GLOB OF THE MDC ON IT, THEN INVERT THE PATTY ON TOP OF THE BROOD CLUSTER, ADD YOUR SUPERS AND CLOSE THE HIVE.

THIS ONE MANAGEMENT ACT MAY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOUR
MAKING SOME SOURWOOD HONEY RATHER THAN HAVING THE NEXT ROUND OF BROOD REARED ON SOURWOOD, WHICH WILL OCCUR AS SOON AS YOU MOVE THE BEES HOME AND THEY GET POLLEN AVAILABLE.