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Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Oct 2003 11:21:15 -0400
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Layne Westover wrote:

>  This reminds me
> that, as I recall, cane sugar is good for bees and
> beet sugar is not, for some reason.  Make sure
> you use cane sugar.  Someone else probably
> knows what is in beet sugar that makes it bad
> for bees. (It's probably in the archives).

Beet sugar has a higher percentage of ash than cane sugar, so you have
the problem of getting rid of solids. As Layne noted, beet sugar is not
a good bee feed. Raw beet sugar is deadly.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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