Bee pollen and spirulina

[MissSkittles]

Finally remembered to order bee pollen and spirulina while shopping. Now the question is what do I do with them? If mixing them with bug burger, how much of each should I add? Should I add both to the same batch or do separate batches?

 

[JacksJill]

You can look in blogs by sandrachameleon she had a lot of gut loading information

 

[jamest0o0]

They'll be fine added however you want. I just toss some in and dust with both of them pretty freely. I also use a bunch of other things. Chams doing well... Idt anyone really has a clue what effect, if any, they have on chams. Spirulina is known to have some pretty crazy health benefits for people(look them up, pretty interesting) and bee pollen is basically a mini multi vitamin.

 

[CamoChameleonsHuman]

I use bee pollen as a topping to my 2:1 mixture ratio of Repashy Bug Burger to Repashy Superload. I will also dust feeders with it as well as their calcium sometimes as well.

 

[AZChamFan]

I sprinkle them both onto the fresh greens which I gut load the feeders with.

 

[MissSkittles]

Thanks for all of the input and ideas. Wasn’t sure if there’s a certain ‘right’ way to use these, but seems it’s pretty flexible.

 

[Kaizen]

I blend them into my gutload recipe, but dusting with bee pollen sounds smart. In a full blender full of collards, bananas, papaya, dandelion, butternut squash and about a million other things, I add a tablespoon of bee pollen and spirulina respectively.

 

[USMC1981]

Nat

 

[snitz427]

Thats not how you tag someone

We have bee pollen granules instead of powder, as we bought them for people, originally. I mix it in with bug burger or gutload mix... or I sprinkle some on wet BSFL. It makes like a paste that sticks to them. Powder is def the way to go.

Spirulina I just eyeball. I’ll add half a capsule (maybe 1/4tsp?) to a few scoops of bug burger mix. 1-2 capsules if I make a big batch of veggie/bug burger gutload

 

[jamest0o0]

Thats not how you tag someone

We have bee pollen granules instead of powder, as we bought them for people, originally. I mix it in with bug burger or gutload mix... or I sprinkle some on wet BSFL. It makes like a paste that sticks to them. Powder is def the way to go.

Spirulina I just eyeball. I’ll add half a capsule (maybe 1/4tsp?) to a few scoops of bug burger mix. 1-2 capsules if I make a big batch of veggie/bug burger gutload

Granules are probably better, that's what I have. As with most things when exposed to air they degrade. So I'm guessing when bee pollen is ground down the vitamin content probably breaks down somewhat as well. Can't say for certain, but that's what common sense would tell me

 

[Tony_S]

Interesting, For gut loading, I've been using a mixture of Repashy bug burger, Arcadia insect fuel, and bee pollen powder.

Should I be adding Spirulina to the mix? And if so, is there a certain brand that everyone is using?

 

[MissSkittles]

Interesting, For gut loading, I've been using a mixture of Repashy bug burger, Arcadia insect fuel, and bee pollen powder.

Should I be adding Spirulina to the mix? And if so, is there a certain brand that everyone is using?

It’s not something that a cham would get in nature like bee pollen. I‘m trying it to just boost the nutritional value of my feeders.

 

[jamest0o0]

It’s not something that a cham would get in nature like bee pollen. I‘m trying it to just boost the nutritional value of my feeders.

Lol To be fair, it's not really something any of us would get in nature. I am pretty sure all other algae of the blue/green variety is very toxic too, so I don't suggest anyone go and try to find some