Dick Allen wrote:
> Todd writes:

> >the choice of sugar syrup in a division feeder just to see which the bees
> >prefer. The bees voted overwhelmingly for the honey.

> How can that be? Studies have shown that bees prefer sugar to honey.

Which studies are these? I know of none nor have I seen any on the BeeL
but you might. The only ones I have seen are that in cold winters bees
overwinter best with sugar first, hfcs second and honey third as a
winter feed. It is all in the gut and the problems therein. The issue
was and is winter feed.

What is preferred is not what may be best. Take Big Macs and Broccoli.
No lawyers around suing the Broccoli Cartel.

Bill Truesdell (I'll have fries with that)
Bath, Maine

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