At 02:40 PM 5/9/96 AST, you wrote:
>     My bees will occasionally collect sap from Birch trees in the spring.
>     This is not usual, since it is not usually available.  I have not seen
>     any problem.  After all the work boiling the syrup it would seem a
>     waste to use it for bees.  But Maple Syrup is an exotic substance up
>     here in the maple free state of Alaska.
>
>
>     Tom Elliott
>     Eagle River,  Alaska
>     Keeping Bees in the Frozen North
>
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Tom,
 
Birch sap also makes a fine, light syrup - takes about twict the sap as
maple syrup.
 
 
Bob Cook
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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