REGARDING           RE>Sugar syrup/Honey
 
Richard Barnes wrote:
>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.
 
When you feed, you should not have supers on the hives.  Therefore, the bees
cannot move the syrup into supers but must store it in the brood chamber.
They will not take more than they can consume and/or store in available space;
this food they will consume themselves as well as feed to the brood.
Therefore, later when a spring flow develops and the supers are put on, the
new flow, not stored food, will go into the supers.  I have never seen bees
move anything into supers before the flow begins.
 
The question then is moot.
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, MIchigan USA