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US 11,382,344 B2Granted
Bee nutrition
AssigneeApix Biosciences
InventorsGeraldine Wright, Sharoni Shafir, Sue Nicolson, Phil Stevenson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions, methods and products for providing nutrition to insects such as bees, e.g., honey bees. Certain embodiments of the present invention also relate to methods of providing nutrition to bees e.g., colonies of bees together with methods of preparing a composition for providing nutrition to bees.
Claims15
A pollen substitute composition for providing nutrition to bees, the composition comprising:
- a) at least one component which is a source of protein;
- b) at least one component which is a source of one or more fatty acids;
- and
- c) at least one component which is a source of one or more carbohydrates wherein:
- each component is obtained from a separate source to provide the protein, fatty acids and carbohydrates in a predetermined ratio;
- the ratio of protein and one or more fatty acids in the composition is between about 1 (protein):10 (fatty acid) w/w and about 20 (protein):1 (fatty acid) w/w;
- and
- the composition comprises linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid in a ratio of between about 2:1 to about 1:5 (linoleic acid:
- α-linolenic acid).
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