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Sweet B Fondant – Lemongrass 5lb

Bee fondant is a honey replacement/supplement which helps hives with insufficient quantities of honey to survive winter. Priddy Acres uses all natural ingredients and adds small amounts of essential oils to promote hive health. Only cane sugar is used and does not contain any High Fructose Corn Syrup.

$27.90

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Sweet B Fondant – Lemongrass 10lb

Bee fondant is a honey replacement/supplement which helps hives with insufficient quantities of honey to survive winter. Priddy Acres uses all natural ingredients and adds small amounts of essential oils to promote hive health. Only cane sugar is used and does not contain any High Fructose Corn Syrup.

$45.90

Sweet B Fondant – Peppermint 5lb

Bee fondant is a honey replacement/supplement which helps hives with insufficient quantities of honey to survive winter. Priddy Acres uses all natural ingredients and adds small amounts of essential oils to promote hive health. Only cane sugar is used and does not contain any High Fructose Corn Syrup.

$27.90

Sweet B Fondant – Peppermint 10lb

Bee fondant is a honey replacement/supplement which helps hives with insufficient quantities of honey to survive winter. Priddy Acres uses all natural ingredients and adds small amounts of essential oils to promote hive health. Only cane sugar is used and does not contain any High Fructose Corn Syrup.

$45.90

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  2. I bought 10Ib of your bee fondat from amazon. I received the package, but to my surprise it was hard like Brick…. is this normal ?
    I was under the impression, it is soft like cookie dough
    Please clarify

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    • Hi Andy,

      Thanks for the question.

      There are several reasons for this and, admittedly, the beekeeping terminology is a little different than what we think of when we use the term “fondant”. Most people, in my experience, tend to think of “fondant” in terms of bakers fondant which is what I suspect is going on here. Depending on which beekeeper you talk to, “bee fondant” and “bee candy” can refer to the same thing or they can be different (the deciding factor being the consistency of the sugar paste). In the case of Sweet B Fondant, we use the terms interchangeably. Unfortunately, there is really no way to gain consensus on this so we had to make a decision on whether to call it “candy” or “fondant”. Obviously, we settled on “fondant”.

      As far as the bees are concerned, the consistency doesn’t matter. They will eat the sugar whether it is super hard or super soft (down to a syrup). We decided, many months ago, to change our cooking process to make the fondant harder. We did this for a couple of reasons. First, when the fondant is “soft like cookie dough”, it is much harder for the beekeeper to handle. It sticks to the parchment paper that separates the slabs from one another and sticks to your gloves when you are trying to put it into the hive. We learned this from several instances of customer feedback and from our own experience using it in our hives. Second, we made it harder to alleviate some issues we were concerned about inside the hive. When the fondant is stickier, the bees will crawl all over it while eating and may become stuck in it. The fondant can also become looser as the moisture level in the hive gets higher, culminating with sugar dripping down through the frames. If you use a screened bottom board, the sugar will go all the way to the ground and basically negate the reason you put fondant in there in the first place.

      Basically, we intentionally changed the cooking process to make the fondant easier to handle and more accommodating to environmental conditions inside the hive.

      I hope that answers your questions. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions regarding any Priddy Acres product.

      Joel

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    • Heather,

      I am so sorry it took me this long to respond. I am usually pretty good at getting the notifications, but I missed this one.

      Anyway, we have put our Amazon sales on “vacation” to focus on some much-needed home repairs. We do appreciate your business and, if you would like, you can contact Michelle directly to see when she plans on restocking the supply via email at priddyacres@gmail.com. Again, my apologies for my late response.

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  4. I just received my first order of the Bee Fondant in preparation for winter. When we picked up the box from our gate we were followed back to the house by a couple of curious bees who could smell it through the box.
    I’ve put it in the freezer for now to save for winter feeding. It smells amazing.
    Thank you for the time you spend writing all of the wonderful and interesting posts on your website. I wish you continued success!

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  5. Can I buy fondant directly from you (I did last year) or do I have to order through Amazon? I actually hate Amazon and do not buy anything through the company.

    Thanks.
    Mary

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    • Mary,

      Yes. You can buy directly from us, however, we don’t have a shopping cart system set up yet on this website, so the process is a little more cumbersome.

      If you email us at priddyacres@gmail.com with your order information (name, address, and number/flavor of fondant that you want) we can make arrangements with you for payment via some online platform like PayPal.

      Thanks,
      Joel

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  6. I hope my emails requesting to order a package actually gets to you

    Phillip Harris
    7508 North John Young Road
    Unionville, Indiana 47468

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  7. I was looking at your fondant options on Amazon bought lemongrass and see you have a peppermint one, too. Everything I’ve read says peppermint is a bee deterrent. Im a newer beekeeper–is there more data on this?

    Thanks!

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    • Hi Sarah,

      Theree are several articles out there which describe the benefits of various essential oils in beekeeping. This one, for example:

      https://essentialthree.com/essential-oils-for-bees-beehives/

      The basic idea of the peppermint is that the mind family of essential oils are generally antifungal, antibacterial, mask bee pheromones, and help deter common hive pests. In high concentrations, peppeermint does deter many insects, but in the concentrations found in our product, it does not. It is similar to thyme oil, in that lower concentrations are used to kill varroa mites and higher concentrations will kill bees. I liken it to drinking water vs drowning.

      We regularly use both varieties of our fondant, peppermint and lemongrass, at different times of year without issue. For example, during a dearth, using lemongrass can encourage robbing in the hive. So, at those times, we use our peppermint fondant.

      Thanks for the great question!

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