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Date: | Wed, 22 Jan 2003 00:16:24 -0500 |
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Hi Allen and all:
>There is some confusion about whether the lactic acid in skim milk is
>toxic to bees or not. Choice of soy is also important, since an error
>in selection can result in damage. Stan Sandler discussed this in the
>archives some time back. He has cows, so milk was a natural. Maybe he
>will contribute something here.
The lactic acid is probably ok. It is the lactose that is a problem. It
is one of the few sugars that bees cannot digest. There is probably not
enough in skim milk powder to worry about. However whey powder has a very
high concentration. Despite this, whey powder was one of the ingredients
tried when Haydak and others were trying all kinds of ingredients in the
fifties.
I very much agree with Allen that skim milk powder is now far too expensive
an ingredient to consider despite the fact that I expect it is a good
protein source.
I no longer have a dairy herd. Bees don't kick and they don't have
horns. I used to say that their shit was a lot easier to shovel
too. However the cows didn't do it on my windshield.
Stan
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