Abstract: A method for feeding invertebrates or aquaculture organisms, comprising # providing a pollen substitute composition comprising a nutritionally effective amount of isofucosterol, fucosterol or a mixture thereof; and # administering the pollen substitute composition to invertebrates or aquaculture organisms; wherein the pollen substitute composition comprises a nutritionally effective amount at least one further sterol, preferably at least two further sterols selected from the group consisting of cholesterol, 24-Methylene-cholesterol, campesterol, stigmasterol and beta-sitosterol or a physiologically available conjugate of any of these sterols.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 10, 2023
Publication date:
March 20, 2025
Applicants:
APIX BIOSCIENCES, PHYTANT
Inventors:
Thierry BOGAERT, Sharoni SHAFIR, Geraldine WRIGHT, Jan BOGAERT
Abstract: A method for increasing bee performance by administering pollen substitutes to bees where the pollen substitute includes sources of proteins, fatty acids and carbohydrates.
Abstract: A method for increasing bee performance by administering pollen substitutes to bees where the pollen substitute includes sources of proteins, fatty acids and carbohydrates.
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 12, 2022
Assignee:
Apix Biosciences
Inventors:
Geraldine Wright, Sharoni Shafir, Sue Nicolson, Phil Stevenson
Abstract: A method for increasing bee performance by administering pollen substitutes to bees where the pollen substitute includes sources of proteins, fatty acids and carbohydrates.