I realize that sucrose is somewhat better
> for overwintering, but it is worth that price difference?

Those in areas of hard winter feel sucrose is worth the extra cost. In
Florida many feel HFCS is the better choice.

I had good
> overwintering last year on HFCS 55.

And if you had bad wintering would you suspect a bad load of HFCS? I have
heard beeks express concern over winter issues with HFCS but  have never
heard beeks using sucrose blame sucrose for winter issues.

>I believe my bees winter better on sucrose but really have no proof as too
>many variables.

I am surprised many beeks choose to buy the higher priced syrup but today
bee nutrition is a high priority.
In California beeks at times use a half and half syrup ( HFCS /sucrose) to
save money I suppose.

Hard data and research would be nice. I think HFCS has more spec issues than
sucrose.

bob

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