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Re: Should I throw the sugar water away?
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Dick Marron <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Oct 2003 09:21:27 -0400
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> > by boiling some water
> > and pouring it into two jars
> > then adding sugar at the proper ratio.
> >
> >>

As per a recent Bee Culture magazine hot enough water actually "inverts" the
sucrose to other sugars. This chemical change may add some color. Don't
know.

Dickm

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