Hello Edward & All,
I am not sure of the exact means from the study. Maybe Chris knows as speaks
of the study at times.
The color was used to verify what most beekeepers know is fact.
However its common knowledge bees move honey/syrup around in the hive and
into the supers. The reason time limits are set for treatments which contain
antibiotics to be done weeks before supers are added.
The point I was making was *if* the beekeeper did not ever feed HFCS then
he/she could likely claim the honey contained no HFCS.
If the beek fed gallons of HFCS in spring and close to the time of adding
supers most likely the honey would contain a small amount of HFCS as the
bees might move up the stored HFCS to make room for the queen to lay.
I frequent health food stores often and I see more and more products with
the label which says the product contains no HFCS.
Although some commercial beeks still feed HFCS the USDA-ARS has done to
studies which showed bees live half as long when fed HFCS as compared to
sucrose. Pressure was applied from certain circles and the research as to
why was dropped.
bob

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