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George Fergusson <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:29:35 -0500
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allen dick wrote:
> The bees on HFCS died slightly faster, and, as I recall, the difference 
> in longevity was about 10%, with sucrose being better

They didn't happen to also include honey as a control did they? Under
"normal" circumstances, bees aren't going to subsist on either HFCS or
sucrose. It would be interesting to see how bees fared on honey compared
to the artificial feeds.

George-
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George Fergusson
Whitefield Maine

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