Ian,
What exactly do you mean by the term "corn syrup"?

If you are referring to ISOMERIZED corn syrup, commonly called "high fructose
corn syrup", which is synthesized from starch, or even just plain "old corn
syrup", you
are correct that this aids bees in drawing foundation.

However, both of these products are known to contain harmful non-digestible
products for a bee and can cause sickness and/or death.

Ian Said:
I don't agree.  I draw hundreds of frames every year with corn surip
before the nectar flow.

And I replied;
Natural nectar, regardless of the source, excepting its water content is
about 98%
SUCROSE (same as table sugar).  Hence, when bees eat it and break it down into
the 2 simple sugars of glucose and fructose that comprise honey, there is not
any
"foreign" material to make bees sick.

Back to your comments, as well as mine, feeding sugar is a valuable tool for
beekeepers to stimulate queen laying, as well as helping a colony survive in
case
of a honey shortage.

George Imirie

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