> by boiling some water
> and pouring it into two jars
> then adding sugar at the proper ratio.
>
> The result was slightly tea colored
> unlike earlier batches that were clear.

I usually prepare my sugar water the same way,
and I never hesitate to feed it to my bees, and
I've never seen any bad results that I could
recognize.  My sugar water almost never comes
out clear.  If you gave your sugar water to me,
I would feed it to MY bees.

My best guess is that the sugar is slightly less
refined, so therefore has a tiny bit of molasses
in it, making the light tea color.  This reminds me
that, as I recall, cane sugar is good for bees and
beet sugar is not, for some reason.  Make sure
you use cane sugar.  Someone else probably
knows what is in beet sugar that makes it bad
for bees. (It's probably in the archives).

If it were me, I wouldn't throw it away.
I wouldn't worry about it.

Layne Westover, College Station, Texas

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