Ian,
You never get to the carmelization stage. It is a little beyond being a slurry but short of
the hard candy stage. If you fed it in the fall I would be only a little concerned, but in
the spring, not at all. Boiled sugar water is not as good for the bees as unboiled, but it
is actually better than feeding the bees honey!
Yes, I have the references to prove it.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME
 
Ian Watson wrote:
 
> >I go to the next step which is to feed "candy" which is 5 lbs granulated
> >sugar boiled with one pint of water to a little over 240F. I pour it
> >into greased cookie pans, break it into chunks and put it on the inner cover.
>
> Doesn't boiling sugar syrup result in Carmelization, and isn't that linked to Dysentery?
> I can't find the source, but I'm sure I read that in one of my beekeeping books...
>
> Comments?
>
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