This one should get plenty of comment.  To my understanding, nectar is
sucrose, a di-sacharide (sp?) which is then converted by the bees with
invertase enzymes into mono-sacharides (again sp?).  Sugar is also sucrose,
so the resulting product should be honey, not sugar syrup.  This is my
understanding - what do the long time experts have to say?
 
Rick Grossman
Oregon
At 03:46 PM 11/6/96 +0000, you wrote:
>OK Guys here is the question:
>
>If I feed too much syrup to my hives this winter, I will get some
>syrup-Honey in the supers in the spring.  Is this honey or is it not?  The
>bees have added the enzymes to convert the sugar into honey.
>
>I am fearful of selling it as Honey (the consumer wouldn't know, but I would).
>
>Opinions?????
>
>
>Richard Barnes
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