> "High fructose sugars are invert sugars than can be produced by either
acid
> hydrolysis or enzyme hydrolysis. It has been known for quite some time
that
> those produced by acid hydrolysis can be deadly if fed to honey bees....

Thanks to those who replied, but, actually this very question has been quite
thoroughly discussed in the archives of this list.  There is also discussion
there of extensive bee losses in Western Canada due to distribution of an
off-spec batch of the 'good' type of syrup.

Simply visit
http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?S2=bee-l&X=-&q=hydrolysis&s=&f=&a
=&b=
(watch the word wrap) or enter by http://www.internode.net/honeybee/BEE-L/
and use hydrolysis as a search key to find an extensive list of articles.

Item # Date Time Recs   Subject
001225 93/04/28 15:13 24  INVERT SUGAR FOR BEES
011947 96/11/11 17:54 34  Sugars, invert, HFC and more
015994 97/05/26 10:42 286  spec's on Fluvalinate [long]
019292 97/11/08 16:11 77  Re: Sugar and honey
024905 98/10/16 11:00 23  Re: BEE-L Digest - 14 Oct 1998 to 15 Oct 1998
024911 98/10/16 13:07 61  Today's HFCS sugars
025633 98/12/09 05:27 49  Re: left/right handed sugars and fondant
030648 00/02/12 10:14 38  Re: Early Feeding
033570 00/11/28 08:57 48  Re: Help with honey bee chemistry
033572 00/11/27 21:29 57  Re: Help with honey bee chemistry
033656 00/12/01 10:54 66  Re: Chemistry of honey
033680 00/11/29 23:31 28  Re: Help with honey bee chemistry
033682 00/12/01 14:44 33  Re: Help With Honey Chemistry
037986 01/12/15 19:08 13  Liquid Invert Sugar
037992 01/12/17 23:31 24  Re: Liquid Invert Sugar

'HFCS' as a key brings up 81 results.

'Invert' brings 89.

Members are encouraged to check the archives before posting commonly asked
questions.

allen