A nutritional supplement for honeybees includes plant material chosen from
a group comprised of plants known to provide nutrients to the honeybees,
a beverage brewed from the plant material and a sugar base upon which the
beverage is applied where, when the beverage has dried, the nutritional
supplement is formed and can be distributed to supplement a normal
honeybee feeding thereby providing a more balanced diet that at least in
part helps to strengthen immune systems of the honeybees. The group
includes plants known to, at least in part, stimulate a queen honeybee to
lay eggs, stimulate hygienic behavior in a honeybee colony, provide a
preventive maintenance against disease treat and reduce bacteria, fungus
and viruses treat and reduce honeybee dysentery, reduce pests in a
honeybee colony, such as tracheal and varroa mite and treat and reduce
Deformed Wing Virus in a honeybee colony.