What about any ill effects of vinegar?  I've been putting vinegar into my
syrup since our discussion about it this summer, but now am concerned that
it might have a similar effect. Does anyone have any answer to this?

Vivian


>        Many years ago a researcher (Leslie Bailey) found that if no natural
>nectar was coming in, feeding syrup containing cream of tartar (or
>vinegar) caused dysentery, shortening the lives of the bees to one third
>that of bees fed plain sugar syrup. This finding was written up at the