>Are Herve and I really so alone in this list?
> No, you are not. Any of the commercial beekeepers at least up here in Canada, are very aware of the testing our honey goes through, to the parts per million. Added sucrose can be detected in amounts over 7 %. Certain honeys run in a range for sucrose content, I also think that sucrose isn't just sucrose, because added sugar, be it beet, can, rice, or corn produced can and is being detected in some honeys. The point remains, we must do the best job we can to ensure a "pure" product, or do we just throw whatever we want at the bees, and throw our arms in the air, and say this is what other beekeepers are doing. The comment about the dog run is somewhat off the point, bees need salt and they will collect it from whatever is handy, but that does not mean that it is being stored with the honey. Bees use salt, but I do not believe that they store it? Anyone out there checking their hives for urine receptacles?? :-)
>Where I do now agree with Ol Drone is that the meaning or contamination is
>shifting and it is too strong in this context.
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I still think you have to call it what it is, we HAVE to take every
precaution to insure the quality of the FOOD product we are producing,
what the bees gather on their own, is not the same as what the bees are
given by us, the beekeepers. Especially when we know it may end up in
the honey supers.
> 'Dilution' of floral honey
>with sugar honey might be a better description - accurate and less
>inflammatory - but still a worry ! And IMHO far from ridiculous as a topic
>for Bee-L to discuss!
>
>Robin Dartington
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