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Re: Help with honey bee chemistry/round two
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Jan Tempelman <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:37:16 +0100
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Rick Green wrote:
> Great explanations of inverting of sucrose to glucose and fructose but w-h-y
> do the bees do it?

Don't forget that your saliva(?) contains 1000 time more invertase than honey.
Otherwise you can not absorb the sugers other than fluctose and glucose.
By inverting of sucrose you get your glucose and fructose.
Will you muscle still working....... they need some fuel........


regards, jan

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