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Thu, 25 May 2017 07:09:14 -0700
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> >It is hard to see how anyone would opt for HFCS over cane sugar


A number of beekeepers report that colonies do better on partially inverted
sugar blends--sucrose, glucose, and fructose, which mimic honey.

Bee supply houses thus supply sucrose/HFCS blends, which many of us find
that our bees do quite well on.  But I have not yet run cage trials to
compare.


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

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