Its becoming increasingly clear to me that  feed lot/migratory beekeeping is straying far from the 
natural honeybee environment which Nature created. 

Now we have a new product being hawked that appears to alter the social structure within a hive. 
What next a genetically altered bee that is impervious to toxic materials and thrives on minimal 
nectar and pollen? 

As with many great ideas, stay tuned for the fine print you hear/see in pharmecutical ads which 
warn of various side effects and prolonged use concerns.






SuperBoost - A Revolutionary New Product That Increases Honey Bee Pollination

 Imagine a device placed in bee hives that stimulates worker bees to forage for pollen faster and 
more often, resulting in more pollination events and greater crop yield.  Imagine that this same 
device also increases brood rearing, queen rearing and honey production within the hive. 

 In research supported in part by The Almond Board of California, Dr. Tanya Pankiw of Texas A&M 
University and her collaborators at Pherotech International (www.pherotech.com) have developed 
one such device called SuperBoost (patent pending).  When SuperBoost is placed in a bee hive in 
the form of a small all-natural pheromone release device, it will:

 ·        increase the pollen load each foraging worker brings back to the hive by up to 100%  

·        increase the number of pollen foragers by up to 150%

·        increase pollen foraging on the target crop by 43%

·        increase pollination activity of non-pollen foragers on the target crop by 54%

·        increase the number of pollen foraging trips per unit time by up to 72%

·        increase the colony growth rate in the summer and winter

·        lower the age of first foraging by worker honey bees, and

·        increase the overall health of the hive

 After many years of research, SuperBoost was recently tested successfully at Texas A&M 
University, and Pherotech has developed a commercial product. One device placed in the hive 
works for over 30 days! It is now available to growers and beekeepers from Mann Lake Supply in 
Hackensack, MN.

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