Hi Chris
> I've been trying and failing to do this in my head. About a fifth of the
> weight is composed of water anyway. The remaining sugars presumably are
> broken down to Carbon Dioxide and Water so one needs to know the weight of
> the various molecules involved and I can't remember accurately the periodic
> table or the formulae for the sugars.
Some years ago Norman Carreck did a fine appraisal of the situation,
which can be found by searching the archives of the Irish list...
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/irishbeekeeping/
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