RICHARD BARNES SAID: he has heard of beekeepers who are making honey
from sugar and asks:
 
RB>With honey being higher priced than sugar they are making a
  >killing on their product and the bees are doing the work.
  >Is this practice illegal in your area or just immoral?
 
Yes it is illegal and if any beekeeper who does that sells to even a
small honey packer it can be detected and for a small cost the evidence
can be certified by a chemical lab and action taken. If you know of
anyone who is doing this you can notify the American Beekeeping
Federation for information on their detection and enforcement program
or start with you local agricultural authorities. This can be a
violation of both federal and state laws.
 
Even with the high price of honey the profit would not bee high in
feeding sugar and extracting it as honey because much is lost in the
handling by the bees. Most of the cases that have been prosecuted have
been people who have added sugar to honey after it is extracted.
 
                           ttul Andy-
 
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