The problem arises with long term storage...saving your left over
syrup for next year...or heating it to melt the crystals. I've killed
enough nucs in the past with HFCS stored over winter in my honey
house to have switched permanently to sucrose.
Mike
At 08:37 AM 1/28/2010, you wrote:
>We continue to use HFCS with success measured in strong healthy
>colonies. I wouldn't doubt that sucrose would
>be better to a small degree. I question the benefit of the extra
>cost of sucrose vs. purported bee longevity.
***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
Access BEE-L directly at:
http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?A0=BEE-L