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Re: Response to feeding sugar syrup to bees
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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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Sat, 27 Oct 2001 07:47:14 -0400
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Dick Allen wrote:

>  A couple of other posts mentioned
> studies have shown sugar syrup to be superior to honey for bees. Can some
> of you "studies have shown" guys provide info on when, where, and who did
> the studies. I am very interested in reading them. Frankly, I am one of
> those who disagree that sugar is better than honey for bees.

From the archives

http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0002B&L=bee-l&P=R3266

and the study is

Baily writing in the 1966 Journal of Apiculture Research (in
 England)

Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME

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