Rip Bechmann wrote:
>  Use all "sugar", i.e. sucrose, and it forms "rock candy" 
Rock candy is made by putting  a string into a concentrated sugar 
solution. The stage for feeding to bees is at the upper end of the soft 
ball stage. That is the first part of the basic recipe for making 
fondant, another bee food. I have not noticed large crystals in the soft 
ball candy. Truth is, the heat and moisture coming in contact with it 
does a good job of liquefying it at the surface no matter what you have 
in the hive.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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