For Commercial Beekeepers
You're feeding your bees.But are you getting
stronger, more
productive colonies?
Bees don't just need to eat — they need targeted nutrition that actually moves your operation forward:
- More brood
- A strong nurse population so the brood survives
- Maximum forager population at the exact timing you need them — to maximize your pollination service income
- A strong worker population for maximum honey production
And that's where other feeds fall short.
What's Working Against You
Pollination is a depletion event,
Pollination is a depletion event,
not a nutrition event.
A single commercial pollination cycle drains colony reserves at every stage. Monoculture bloom collapses natural forage diversity. Nutritional deficit follows. Brood gaps appear, foragers exit weaker than they entered, and the colony depletion shows up as commercial loss on the line for the beekeeper.
So how do you offset that deficit?
The VitalBee Difference
The Brood-Rebuild Engine:
The Brood-Rebuild Engine:
Lipids, Sterols, and Amino Acids.
The two nutritional inputs that decide whether a colony rebuilds or compounds the deficit.
Functional Lipids and Phytosterols
- Optimal ratio: Omega-3 to Omega-6 in a precise 4:1 balance.
- Includes vital phytosterols.
- Result: Worker longevity and uninterrupted larval development.
Complete Amino Acids
- Contains all 10 essential amino acids required by bees.
- Monoculture pollen is almost always deficient in at least one. VitalBee ensures 100% protein synthesis.
- Result: Maximum forager population at the exact moment they're needed.
What Beekeepers See
What's noticeably different
What's noticeably different
in VitalBee-fed colonies.
Build
- Tighter, more uniform brood pattern — fewer missed cells.
- Population visibly ahead of schedule vs. standard-fed colonies.
- Colonies arrive at bloom already at contract strength — not still building.
Maintain
- Lower deadout rate through the pollination window.
- Forager activity holds strong mid-bloom — doesn't drop off as bloom progresses.
- Colonies that take a pesticide hit bounce back faster.
Recover
- Population decline is shallower and shorter — colonies rebuild faster.
- Colonies going into the next contract are visibly heavier and more populous.
- Stronger February colonies — the payoff of the full seasonal program.
Recommended Nutrition Program
Pre-bloom · 4–6 weeks before
3–4 lb per colony
1.5–2.0 lb patty · every 2 weeks
During bloom · 3–4 weeks
2–3 lb per colony
0.75–1.0 lb per week
Post-bloom · 2–3 weeks after
1.5–2.0 lb per colony
1–2 patty placements
The VitalBee Difference
Real colony results.
Field reports from named commercial operators and academic cooperators.
Nothing left after ten days — full pounds gone.
Russell Heitkam
4,000 colonies · N. California
Gone in less than ten days. No waste.
Commercial Beekeeper
10,000+ colonies · identity on file
Late season — and I'm seeing dramatic colony growth.
Jerum A.
4,000 colonies
Populations did very well — even through significant weather variability. Strong brood, ready to split within weeks.
Donna Shea
Honey Bee Initiative · George Mason University
Side-by-side in VitalBee nucs · Spring 2026 · Hoopers Creek Bee Co. · Incidental finding under formal investigation.
North Carolina trial
300 nucleus colonies
A Perspective from the Founder
We've proved it in our Bee Yards
Now prove it in yours.
- Massive populations
- Balanced cohorts of nurse bees, worker bees, and foragers
"You can see how much these bees love these patties."
Justin Brown — Founder
Prove It In Your Own Yard
Run a side-by-side test in your own colonies
See the difference for yourself in:
- Consumption
- Brood development
- Colony performance
Field notes from a working yard.