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Re: HFCS feeding recommendations
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Bob Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:HFCS contains two sugars which shorten bees lives. In fact kill bees when spiked into syrup in certain doses (that can be found in off spec HFCS).

 The sugars:

Stachyose & Raffinose

These sugars are not found in sucrose.

Bob,
     Are you saying then that you don't feed HFCS?  Do you feed purely sucrose sugar syrup?  Do you feed a mixture?  Looking at the initial costs of feeding, sucrose would be pretty expensive for the beekeepers with large numbers of hives.  What is your recommendation, your own and not a consensus, for beekeepers with just a few hives and those who have large numbers of hives?

Mike in LA

 	
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