Fecha de publicación: 29/04/2010 Fuente: WIPO "beekeeper" 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.