Larry:

A photocopy of an article I have appeared in an issue of the ABJ (sorry, I
don't know which issue) which was reprinted from Hivelights, August 1995
had this to say:

"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.... A
study in Germany (Jachimowicz and Sherbiny, 1975) found that the
concentration of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in sugar syrups is indeed the
factor that influences bee mortality..... Mortality was the result of gut
ulceration...."

Regards,
Dick