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Mon, 8 Jun 2015 22:40:52 -0600
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Re: Kombucha SCOBY as food for honey bees
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I make my Kombucha with Raw Honey from my hives rather than sugar. Raw honey contains the organisms that the bees have in their gut biome only locked into non-viability. Making Kombucha unlocks these organisms to allow them to ferment the honey sweetened tea and propagate (only mix in the honey after the tea has cooled to body temp). The scoby is then host to these same organisms and thus is probiotic for the bees.

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On 6/8/15 1:06 PM, Christina Wahl wrote:
> Each species has its own intestinal probiotics. Kombucha is optimal for people. Bees have different bacteria than we do in their intestines, and thus they would need their own "probiotic formulation".

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