Add Honey-B-Healthy essential oil supplement to syrup

Mix Honey-B-Healthy or a similar essential oil supplement into your sugar syrup at the manufacturer's recommended dose (typically 1 tsp per quart of syrup). The lemongrass and spearmint oils act as mild antimicrobials that slow yeast and bacterial growth, extending syrup freshness by several days.

Why It Works

Lemongrass oil (Cymbopogon citratus) and spearmint oil (Mentha spicata) contain compounds -- primarily citral and carvone -- with documented antifungal and antibacterial properties. At low concentrations they inhibit the wild yeasts responsible for fermentation without deterring bees, which are attracted to lemongrass scent.

Tips

• Do not exceed recommended dosage -- excess essential oils can repel bees or taint honey supers
• This extends freshness but does not replace regular syrup changes; still discard syrup after 5-7 days
• Remove any honey supers before feeding syrup with supplements to avoid contaminating marketable honey