HiveBoost is the Australian-made liquid feed supplement proven to build stronger colonies in Australian conditions.
In independent field trials, hives fed HiveBoost recorded an 18.4% increase in frame count over six weeks — while unfed control hives went backwards. Every trial hive accepted HiveBoost-treated syrup, with 54% greater uptake than plain sugar syrup.
HiveBoost is developed and made in Australia, formulated for the conditions your bees actually face — long dry spells, patchy nectar flows, and the demands of pollination season. It blends easily into sugar syrup and paddies with no separation or recrystallisation, and drove 54% greater syrup uptake compared to plain syrup in trials.
Why Beekeepers Are Switching to HiveBoost:
Proven – Six-week independent field trials across 18 hives showed an 18.4% frame count increase for HiveBoost-fed colonies, versus a 16.7% decline in unfed controls.
Palatable – 100% of trial hives accepted HiveBoost-treated syrup, with 54% greater uptake than plain sugar syrup.
Australian Made – Formulated and manufactured in Australia for Australian beekeepers. No import delays, no overseas supply chain, and support from a family-owned business in Swan Hill.
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Why Feed Your Bees?
Even strong colonies hit lean periods — dearth, drought, long stretches between flows, and the build-up before pollination season. Supplementary feeding keeps colonies developing when forage can’t. In our field trials, fed colonies grew while unfed hives went backwards over the same six weeks.
Productivity
General Health
Colony Growth
Brood Development
Nutrition
HiveBoost trial results show
+18.4% increase in frame count over 6 weeks
−16.7% decline in unfed control hives over the same period
100% palatability — every litre of HiveBoost syrup consumed
54% greater syrup uptake than plain sugar syrup
+3.4% hive weight gain vs +0.8% in controls
Preferred over the leading supplement in head-to-head palatability trials
How to use HiveBoost
Add 2.5ml of HiveBoost to every 1L of sugar syrup.
This product can also be added to candy, fondants, paddies and inverted sugars.
Autumn
To minimise winter losses, build stronger colonies and improve intestinal wellbeing; use every autumn.
Spring
To maximise colony buildup, prepare for migration and improve intestinal wellbeing; use every spring.