On 29-Nov-15, at 8:56 PM, E.t. Ash wrote: > > the soil ph which would reasonable also effect not only water ph > but also nectar/honey ph. Quality of water is another matter but I > would suspect this has more to do with the acceptability of sugar > syrup as a feed for honeybees than does ph < quality of water is not > necessarily inexpensive to modify but ph should be an easy and > inexpensive thing to adjust. Hi E.t. and all We live in a deep river valley cut through limestone cliffs. Our water has, therefore, high calcium content and high ph. I use RO water when mixing syrup/fondant to lower the ph. What could be added to lower the ph further, and how acidic should it be? This thread has brought up several interesting points about nectar/ honey ph. Would there be a direct correlation between soil ph and nectar ph for a specific plant(goldenrod for example)? Bob Darrell Caledon Ontario Canada 44N80W *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html