Trevor wrote:
>You can add some amino acids to the mix (of soy bone species) and this seems to be better for brood production.

Is it really necessary to add amino acids to soy, according to what Peter Stace writes about it in: 
http://www.honeybee.com.au/Library/pollen/Soybean.html

Here in Europe we are taught that the sugars stachyose and raffinose in soy are harmful to bees. 
But since those sugars are found in some pollen types, the question is whether it is true. 

Ghislain De Roeck
Belgium

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