>
> > I don't think carbohydrates do
> this so readily.


A number of simple or complex carbohydrates are not well digested by bees.
They then serve as a source of food for certain gut bacteria and fungi (and
perhaps other protists).  I often find what appear to be yeasts in samples
of dysentery.

-- 
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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