>>I constantly hear newbees advised to feed, feed, feed their bees till 
they won't take it 
>>anymore. I always wonder how much of that cane sugar 
ends up in their supers as 
>>"honey".

I have taken to color coding all the sugar syrup I feed my bees with either green or red food coloring.  In that way, I can usually track the placement of the feed I give the bees in the beehive.  So far, I can detect no adverse affects on the bees.  However I've not really been monitoring for adverse effects.  I have found that I can really trace where the bees are placing the syrup, and by the color, whether or not it's being blended with nectar they've been bringing in from the field.

Mike in LA


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