Patent ID: 8025552

Claim:
A pourable, water-dispersible, substantially homogeneous artificial liquid diet formulation suitable for rearing bees, which comprises diet components comprising about 0.75-10% protein, about 0.75-5% lipid, about 25-45% carbohydrate, wherein about 98-99% of the carbohydrate is sugar including sugar that occurs naturally in the diet components and sugar from an added sugar source; about 0.05-4% ash; about 0.05-1% cholesterol; about 0.02-1.25% ascorbic acid, about 0.1-2% acidifier, about 0-3% hydrocolloid, about 0-1.5% antifungal agent, and about 45-65% liquid from liquid that naturally occurs in the diet components or added liquid or both naturally occurring and added liquid; wherein particles in the formulation are no greater than about 35 microns, and wherein the formulation has a pH of about 3.5-7.