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Subject:	Re: Safe Bee Feeds
From:	Michael Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:32:52 -0500
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The problem arises with long term storage...saving your left over 
syrup for next year...or heating it to melt the crystals. I've killed 
enough nucs in the past with HFCS stored over winter in my honey 
house to have switched permanently to sucrose.
Mike

At 08:37 AM 1/28/2010, you wrote:
>We continue to use HFCS with success measured in strong healthy 
>colonies. I wouldn't doubt that sucrose would
>be better to a small degree. I question the benefit of the extra 
>cost of sucrose vs. purported bee longevity.

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