Jerry wrote:
<'Its the - don't feed them honey-  part that  I have a hard time  
accepting.>

Chris <Maybe the unstated point was that you shouldn't feed honey  from 
elsewhere as it might contain AFB spores>. 

I agree, but  in the cases I was quoting, the Europeans argued that a 
beekeeper should  not feed his own bees the honey that they gathered.  Many of 
our  larger operations hold some supers of  honey back from extraction, in 
case  we get a warm winter and the bees need more food.
 
And yes, some honey's can have harmful phytochemicals, and some have  
industrial pollutants (something the bees obviously only began to really  
experience when the industrial revolutions really took hold) and some just may  
have traces of pesticides.   
 
The point I was trying to make was that according to these 'specialists', 
syrup was bad
sugar was bad
honey was bad
only fondant was good for feeding bees.
 
If given a choice and  I have honey from our bees, I'm going to feed  them 
it.  I wouldn't buy someone else's barrel of honey and feed it for the  
reason Chris makes.
 
Jerry

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